Amatitlania kanna
Amatitlania kanna Schmitter-Soto, 2007


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Family:  Cichlidae (Cichlids), subfamily: Cichlasomatinae
Max. size:  8.3 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  Central America: Atlantic Panama.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 17-19; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-10; Anal spines: 9-10; Anal soft rays: 7-8; Vertebrae: 27-27. This species is distinguished by the following characters: secondary caudal pores absent; peritoneum is pigmented dorsolaterally; quadrate bone wider than long; body relatively deeper; fewer circumpeduncular scales; gill-rakers on first arch often bifid; caudal edge of urohyal sigmoid; with anterodorsad spine on first dorsal pterygiophore; dorsal-fin interradial scales distally in two rows; rounded posterior edge of mesethmoid; gut simple, S-shaped, not folded, anal and medial loops touching; caudal blotch completely on fin (Ref. 74403).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Endangered (EN); Date assessed: 17 June 2019 (B1ab(iii,v)) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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