Amatitlania

Amatitlania

Amatitlania nigrofasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Subfamily:	Cichlinae
Genus:	Amatitlania Schmitter-Soto, 2007
Type species
Heros nigrofasciatus Günther, 1867

Amatitlania is a genus of cichlid fishes from Central America from El Salvador and Guatemala to Panama. 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.^[1] However, a 2008 study led by Oldrich Rican has suggested that all the species in Cryptoheros and Amatitlania should be moved into the genus Hypsophrys.^[2]

Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:

Amatitlania kanna Schmitter-Soto, 2007
Amatitlania nigrofasciata (Günther, 1867) (Convict cichlid)
Amatitlania siquia Schmitter-Soto, 2007 (Honduran red point cichlid)

References

↑ Schmitter-Soto, J.J. (2007): A systematic revision of the genus Archocentrus (Perciformes: Cichlidae), with the description of two new genera and six new species. Zootaxa, 1603: 1-78.
↑ Heijns, W. (2009). "Central American heroine cichlids, a phylogenetic approach". Cichlid News. pp. 14–22.

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