![]() ![]() Ī number of synonyms exist for this species including: Archocentrus nigrofasciatus, Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum, Cryptoheros nigrofasciatus and Heros nigrofasciatus. nigrofasciata, which used to cover all these species, is restricted to the northern population ranging from El Salvador to Guatemala on the Pacific slope and from Honduras to Guatemala on the Atlantic slope. nigrofasciata, leading to the recommendation of regarding it as a junior synonym. coatepeque from Lake Coatepeque in El Salvador however, the latter is indistinguishable from A. kanna from Panama's Atlantic slope, and A. Two other species formerly included in A. siquia, the Honduran red point cichlid or Honduran red point convict, which ranges from the Atlantic slope of Honduras south to Costa Rica. Some of these regional variants are now considered different species. The convict cichlid, as traditionally defined, displays significant color variations across its range. However, a 2008 study led by Oldřich Říčan proposed moving the species in Cryptoheros and Amatitlania, including Amatitlania nigrofasciata into the genus Hypsophrys. In 2007, the species was moved from the genus Archocentrus to a new genus, Amatitlania, based on Juan Schmitter-Soto's study of Archocentus species. Taxonomy Īlbert Günther originally described the species in 1867 after Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin collected specimens in Central America. Convict cichlids are popular aquarium fish and have also been the subject of numerous studies on fish behaviour. The convict cichlid ( Amatitlania nigrofasciata) is a fish species from the family Cichlidae, native to Central America, also known as the zebra cichlid. Cryptoheros nigrofasciatus (Günther, 1867).Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum (Günther, 1867).Archocentrus nigrofasciatus (Günther, 1867).The manager of this store is very nice, but Im scared to buy anything from the store. I walked around the corner and 2 or 3 tanks were full of dead fish. I witnessed HUNDREDS of dead fish ( mostly feeders ) on one trip to this store. The other store sells more rare fish and salt water ( they have some sort of salt water fish that has a $1000 price tag on him :O ) They also have heavy ich outbreaks most times I go in there. They have great prices on everything though ( including equipment ) and they have special ordered several items for me for no extra charge. One store sells most of their fish for bottom dollar ( blood parrot cichlids for $5, neons, CPDs, Cardinals, Corydoras etc for $1-$2 ) They have bacteria breakouts and ich issues often enough that I havent purchased any livestock from them. I plan to QT them for a month in a hospital tank, I cant put them in my Aquasoil tank for a while anyway. So, I get them straight from the wholesaler without paying shipping and avoid them being exposed to the water at the LFS. They have agreed to allow me to pick up the plants and fish without them "stocking" them. I plan to order all of my fish for my 50 gallon build from this store. They have "happy hour" on Thursday afternoon and sell all plants and fish for 50% off ( normal prices arent real cheap, so it isnt like they are giving the fish away $3 for otos, $4 corydoras, $2 neons etc ). I do have a favorite store and they have healthy fish for the most part and the manager is pretty knowledgable and helpful. They are all different and none of them consistantly have healthy fish.
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