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Amatitlania siquia in Nicaragua

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Amatitlania siquia   Schmitter-Soto, 2007
Family:	Cichlidae (Cichlids) , subfamily: Cichlasomatinae			picture (Amsiq_u0.jpg) by Lehtonen, T.
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	7.9 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 74403)
Environment:	benthopelagic
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming Fec<1000)
Distribution:	Central America: coasts of Costa Rica to Nicaragua, including Atlantic Honduras.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 17-18; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-10; Anal spines: 9-10; Anal soft rays: 7-8; Vertebrae: 26-27. This species is distinguished by the following characters: 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 in one row; peritoneum pigmented rostrally; straight-irregular posterior edge of mesethmoid; gut simple, S-shaped, folded ventrorostrally, anal and medial loops not touching; caudal blotch two-thirds on peduncle and one-third on fin; scales from lateral line to base of first dorsal fin ray modally 1.5; caudal vertebrae modally 14 (Ref. 74403).
Biology:
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	Kullander, Sven O.
Main Ref:	Schmitter-Soto, J.J.. 2007. (Ref. 74403)
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Nicaragua country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Type locality, a stream flowing out of the forest into Río Siquia, 7 miles N of Rama, Atlantic coasr, UMMZ 245585 (holotype of Amatitlania siquia, 6.1 cm SL). Also found in the Great Lakes and the Mosquitian basins (Ref. 74430).
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/nu.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Schmitter-Soto, J.J., 2007
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