Amatitlania nigrofasciata

Basic information
Scientific name	Amatitlania nigrofasciata	(No picture)
Major synonym	Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum
Common names	Convict cichlid
Higher taxon	Cichlidae, Perciformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	Central America. Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
Habitat	Small streams or shallow place of large rivers. Prefer to rocky bottom.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Okinawajima Is. Canals in Naha City and Haebaru Dam. Abundant in Haebaru Dam.
Origin	Unknown.
Date	Recorded since 1990
Route	Deliberate: Release of pet animal.
Impact	Unknown impact.
Regulation in Japan	No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries	Philippine, Australia, USA, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Reunion, etc.

Reference	Notes
Froese & Pauly (eds) (2009) FishBase (Accessed on 2010-12-16) http://www.fishbase.org/ Joseph & Paetz (1992) The fish of Alberta 2nd edition. Univ of Alberta Press and Univ of Calgary Press. Matsuzawa & Senou (2008) Alien fishes of Japan. Bun-ichi Sogo Shuppan, Tokyo (in Jpn)