Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Panama Convict Cichlid (Amatitlania kanna), recorded as Endangered
Panama Convict Cichlid (Amatitlania kanna). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Panama Convict Cichlid

Amatitlania kanna

Panama Convict Cichlid is a freshwater fish from the cichlid family (Cichlidae).

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Amatitlania kanna
Recorded from
Panama, Costa Rica
Taxonomy
Perciformes · Cichlidae · Amatitlania

The cichlid

Cichlids are perch-like freshwater fishes with a second set of jaws in the throat. Many species mouth-brood the young.

Perch-like ray-finned fishes: spiny-rayed fins and a huge spread of freshwater and marine families.

Range and habitat

It is widespread on the Caribbean side of western Panama (Bocas del Toro and Ngöbe-Buglé) and was, among other things, detected in the Rio Cañaveral, Cricamola and Sixaola rivers.

GBIF currently lists 29 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet

Cichlids defend a territory or a brood. Diet in the family runs from algae scrapers to piscivores; this page does not invent a menu for one species.

In crisis

The species is endangered according to the IUCN red list.

Panama Convict Cichlid is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the German Wikipedia article on Amatitlania kanna, translated and retold in English, plus Wikidata item Q136055 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Confirm status and range on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Myrna's Cichlid (Amatitlania myrnae), recorded as EndangeredEN

Myrna's Cichlid

Amatitlania myrnae
Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus
Photograph of Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Javan rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus
Photograph of Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Sumatran orangutan

Pongo abelii

Quick answers

What is Panama Convict Cichlid?
Panama Convict Cichlid is a freshwater fish from the cichlid family (Cichlidae).
What is the conservation status of Panama Convict Cichlid?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Amatitlania kanna. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Panama Convict Cichlid live?
It is widespread on the Caribbean side of western Panama (Bocas del Toro and Ngöbe-Buglé) and was, among other things, detected in the Rio Cañaveral, Cricamola and Sixaola rivers.
Why is Panama Convict Cichlid in crisis?
The species is endangered according to the IUCN red list.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Amatitlania kanna?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Panama Convict Cichlid a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.