Amatitlania siquia Schmitter-Soto 2007

Angulo, Arturo, Betts, Joel T., González-Alemán, Néstor J., Castañeda, Edgar, Berghe, Eric Van Den, Elías, Diego J., Mcmahan, Caleb D. & Matamoros, Wilfredo A., 2023, Continental fishes of Nicaragua: diversity, distribution and conservation status; with an annotated and illustrated checklist of species and an identification guide to families, Zootaxa 5376 (1), pp. 1-89 : 47

Amatitlania siquia Schmitter-Soto 2007 ( Fig. 8I ). Convict Cichlid; Congo, Convicto, Carate, Mojarra Rayada, Chogorra, Picaculo, Burra, Sargento

Vouchers: UCR 0050-004 (66), 0063-003 (61), 0185-003 (17), 0188-005 (21), 0190-003 (13), 0242-003 (3), 0265- 005 (4), 0266-002 (42), 0267-004 (5), 0269-002 (154), 0273-002 (150), 0274-003 (17), 0275-002 (8), 0447-002 (5), 0457-004 (47), 0458-002 (54), 0459-006 (9), 0460-007 (31), 0461-007 (162), 0462-004 (20), 0464-005 (2), 0466- 001 (40), 0473-002 (5), 0549-001 (1), 1004-010 (1), 1051-005 (2), 1052-018 (168), 1053-003 (1), 1054-013 (13), 1055-016 (4), 1057-004 (2), 1062-009 (7), 3115-005 (1), 3222-002 (3), 3223-001 (7), 3224-003 (1) and 3225-002 (2); LSUMZ 15387 (5), 15418 (4), 15426 (2), 15431 (1),15439 (17),15448 (9),15460 (2), 15469 (1), 17148 (12) and 17151 (3); other collections:ANSP 67471 (4), 67475 (4), 67479 (8), 169222 (8), 169225 (3), 169226 (9), CAS 61366 (12), 61401 (1), 61536 (1), 76040 (7), 76221 (2), 79798 (39), IBUNAM 13711 (1), 13712 (1), 13714 (1), 13715 (1), 13716 (1), 13717 (1), 13718 (1), 13719 (1), 13720 (1), 13854 (1), UMMMZ 188257 (1), 188258 (1), 196939 (1), 196948 (1), 196954 (1) and 243709 (1). Distribution: Central America; from eastern Honduras to central Costa Rica, Atlantic and Pacific drainages; ( Nicaragua) Co, UI, WK, Pr, GM, KP, Es, BF, IM, To, Sa, SJ, RF, LN (Atlantic), PN and Ni (Pacific); 5–710 masl; Sec, Pot. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; DD (2020), population trend stable. Literature: Fowler (1923: 31, as Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum Günther 1867 —misidentification; brief description,including information on distribution), Villa (1982:196,as C.nigrofasciatum —misidentification;detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 342, as Archocentrus nigrofasciatus , in part—misidentification; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), González-Alemán (2006: 53, as A. nigrofasciatus , in part—misidentification; brief description, including an illustration, and information on distribution and ecology), Schmitter-Soto (2007: 53; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Gros & Miguel-Frithz (2010: 205, as A. nigrofasciatus , in part—misidentification; brief description, including illustrations, and information on distribution and ecology, plus indigenous science and ethnoichthyology), van den Berghe (2015: 32; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology), Bagley et al. (2017: 155; phylogeography and species delimitation, with information on distribution, including a map), Angulo (2021: 47; listed, including information on distribution) and Angulo & San Gil-León (2022: e4029; identification key and information on distribution).

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FIGURE 8. Continental fishes of Nicaragua, part 3; (A) Centropomus pectinatus (Centropomidae), Pejibaye, Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 23, 2014; (B) Polydactylus virginicus (Polynemidae), Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April-May 2013; (C) Citharichthys spilopterus (Paralichthyidae), Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April-May 2013; (D) Trinectes paulistanus (Achiridae), Pejibaye, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 12, 2014; (E) Trinectes fonsecensis (Achiridae), Nagualpa, Pacífico de Nicaragua (PN), photo by Arturo Angulo, November 9, 2018; (F) Caranx latus (Carangidae), Pejibaye, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 20, 2014; (G) Oligoplites palometa (Carangidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, November-December 2013; (I) Amatitlania siquia (Cichlidae), Chontales, Lago de Nicaragua (LN), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, August 1, 2012; (J) Amphilophus labiatus (Cichlidae), Isletas de Granadas, Lago de Nicaragua (LN), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 20, 2014; (K) Cribroheros longimanus (Cichlidae), Isletas de Granadas, Lago de Nicaragua (LN), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, February 15, 2013; (L) Hypsophrys nicaraguensis (Cichlidae), Laguna Blanca, Lago de Nicaragua (LN), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, August 1, 2012.