Amatitlania

Taxobox
name = "Amatitlania"


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image_caption = A convict cichlid, the most well known species in the genus "Amatitlania".
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Cichlidae
genus = "Amatitlania"
genus_authority = (Schmitter-Soto 2007)

"Amatitlania" is a small genus of cichlid fishes from Central America. The genus currently contains 4 species. The genus is closely related to Archocentrus and Cryptoheros, and contains the convict cichlids that were previously placed in those genera. The genus was erected by Juan Schmitter-Soto in 2007 based on a study of the Archocentrus complex.

pecies

*Convict cichlid, "Amatitlania nigrofasciata" Günther, 1867, from El Salvador to Guatemala on the Pacific side of Central America and from Honduras to Guatemala on the Atlantic side
*Honduran Red Point Convict, "Amatitlania siquia", from Atlantic Honduras to Costa Rica
*"Amatitlania coatepeque", from Lake Coatepeque in El Salvador, and
*"Amatitlania kanna", from the Atlantic side of Panama