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Cichlidae
Convict Cichlid
Amatitlania nigrofasciata
Aquariums bred several distinctive variants
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- Deep-bodied
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Deep-bodied
SmallConvict Cichlid is a freshwater fish found around Central America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 10 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cichlids and Allies
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Amatitlania
- Maximum length
- 10 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Central America: Pacific slope, from Río Sucio, El Salvador to Río Suchiate, Guatemala; Atlantic slope, from Río Patuca, Honduras to Río Jutiapa, Guatemala. Not in slope to Panama ( Am. coatepeque ), Costa Rica or even Nicaragua ( Am. siquia ), as formerly considered. Introduced elsewhere.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Family
Conservation status
