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Cichlidae

Description

Family Cichlidae

Secondary

Amatitlania coatepeque Schmitter-Soto, 2007 (Endemic) (Mojarra del Coatepeque, Coatepeque convict cichlid) Hydrographic zone: Lago Coatepeque

Department: Santa Ana

Amatitlania nigrofasciata (Günther, 1867)

(Burra/Burrita, Convict cichlid)

Hydrographic zones: Río Lempa, Río Paz, Cara Sucia San Pedro, Grande de Sonsonate, Río Grande de San Miguel Departments: Ahuachahapán, Sonsonate, San Miguel, Morazán, Santa Ana, Chalatenango, Cuscatlán

Amphilophus longimanus (Günther, 1867) (Machaca, Red breast cichlid)

Hydrographic zone: Río Lempa Department: Santa Ana

Amphilophus macracanthus (Günther, 1864)

(Mojarra negra, Blackthroat cichlid)

Hydrographic zones: Río Lempa, Río Paz, Cara Sucia San Pedro, Río Grande de San Miguel Departments: Ahuachapán, San Miguel, Santa Ana, Cuscatlán

Cichlasomatrimaculatum (Günther, 1867)

(Istataua, Three spot cichlid)

Hydrographic zones: Río Lempa, Cara Sucia San Pedro, Río Grande de San Miguel Departments: Ahuachapán, San Salvador, San Miguel, Santa Ana, Cuscatlán Cryptoheros cutteri (Fowler, 1932)

(Congo hondureño, Honduran congo)

Hydrographic zones: Río Lempa, Río Grande de San Miguel Departments: San Miguel, Santa Ana

Oreochromis niloticus (Linneaus, 1758) (Introduced) (Tilapia, Nile tilapia)

Hydrographic zone: Grande de Sonsonate Departments: Sonsonate, Santa Ana

Parachromis dovii (Günther 1864) (Introduced) (Guapote, Wolf cichlid)

Hydrographic zone: Río Lempa Department: Santa Ana

Parachromis managuensis (Günther, 1867) (Introduced) (Guapote tigre, Jaguar guapote)

Hydrographic zones: Río Lempa, Río Paz, Rio Grande de San Miguel Departments: Ahuachapán, San Miguel, Santa Ana

Parachromis motaguensis (Günther, 1867)

(Guapote, False yellowjacket cichlid)

Hydrographic zones: Río Lempa, Río Paz, Río Grande de San Miguel, Lago Coatepeque Departments: Ahuachahpán, La Libertad, San Salvador, San Miguel, Santa Ana

Paraneetroplus guttulatus (Günther, 1864) (Mojarra de Amatitlán, Amatitlán cichlid) Hydrographic zone: Lago Coatepeque Department: Santa Ana

Notes

Published as part of Mcmahan, Caleb D., Matamoros, Wilfredo A., Álvarez Calderón, Francisco S., Henríquez, Wendy Yamileth, Recinos, H. Michelle, Chakrabarty, Prosanta, Barraza, Enrique & Herrera, Néstor, 2013, Checklist of the Inland Fishes of El Salvador, pp. 440-456 in Zootaxa 3608 (6) on pages 451-452, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3608.6.2, http://zenodo.org/record/216071

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Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Cichlidae
Taxon rank
family