Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Myrna's Cichlid (Amatitlania myrnae), recorded as Endangered
Myrna's Cichlid (Amatitlania myrnae). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Myrna's Cichlid

Amatitlania myrnae

Amatitlania septemfasciata (sometimes called the Seven-stripe Cichlid or Cutter's Cichlid) is a fish species in the cichlid family.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Amatitlania myrnae
Recorded from
Costa Rica
Taxonomy
Perciformes · Cichlidae · Amatitlania

The cichlid

Myrna's Cichlid is a cichlid in the family Cichlidae (order Perciformes) — Amatitlania myrnae.

Range and habitat

It is found on the Atlantic slope of Costa Rica, between the San Juan River drainage and the Banano River.

GBIF currently lists 38 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

Myrna's 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 English Wikipedia article on Amatitlania septemfasciata, Wikidata item Q46641397 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Panama Convict Cichlid (Amatitlania kanna), recorded as EndangeredEN

Panama Convict Cichlid

Amatitlania kanna
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 Myrna's Cichlid?
Amatitlania septemfasciata (sometimes called the Seven-stripe Cichlid or Cutter's Cichlid) is a fish species in the cichlid family.
What is the conservation status of Myrna's Cichlid?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Amatitlania myrnae. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Myrna's Cichlid live?
It is found on the Atlantic slope of Costa Rica, between the San Juan River drainage and the Banano River.
Why is Myrna's Cichlid in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Amatitlania myrnae?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Myrna's Cichlid a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.