Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae Cichlids
Subfamily: Cichlasomatinae
Genus: Amatitlania

(See list of species below)

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9 species (see list below)

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Photo by Dubosc, J.

Amatitlania altoflava
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Central America
Max. Length 9.1 cm SL

Amatitlania coatepeque
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No picture found
Central America
Max. Length 8.3 cm SL

Amatitlania kanna
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Photo by DATZ

Amatitlania myrnae
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Photo by DATZ

Amatitlania nanolutea
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Photo by DATZ

Amatitlania nigrofasciata
[Convict cichlid]

Photo by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv

Amatitlania sajica
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Photo by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv

Amatitlania septemfasciata
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Photo by Lehtonen, T.

Amatitlania siquia
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9 Species of Family Cichlidae with Genus Amatitlania
(Cichlids)

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Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
2001	Amatitlania altoflava		Central America	9 SL
2007	Amatitlania coatepeque		Central America	9.1 SL
2007	Amatitlania kanna		Central America	8.3 SL
1997	Amatitlania myrnae		Central America	8 SL
1994	Amatitlania nanolutea		Central America	6.4 SL
1867	Amatitlania nigrofasciata	Convict cichlid	Central America	10 SL
1974	Amatitlania sajica		Central America	9 SL
1908	Amatitlania septemfasciata		Central America	10 SL
2007	Amatitlania siquia		Central America	7.9 SL

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: ActinopterygiiOrder: PerciformesFamily: Cichlidae CichlidsSubfamily: CichlasomatinaeGenus: Amatitlania(See list of species below)

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae Cichlids
Subfamily: Cichlasomatinae
Genus: Amatitlania

(See list of species below)