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Avocado cichlid

Amatitlania siquia Schmitter-Soto, 2007

Status not recordedbony fish

The avocado cichlid (Amatitlania siquia) is a species in the family Cichlidae, order Cichliformes.

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Quick facts about the avocado cichlid

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the avocado cichlid live?

Not recorded

Is the avocado cichlid endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the avocado cichlid classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCichliformes
  5. familyCichlidae
  6. genusAmatitlania
  7. SpeciesAmatitlania siquia Schmitter-Soto, 2007
Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Convict cichlidEnglish
  • CongoSpanish
  • siniseepra-ahvenFinnish
  • Ciclasoma-mancha-de-sanguePortuguese
  • Гондурасская красно-точечная чёрнополосая цихлидаRussian
  • ChogorraSpanish
  • ConvictoSpanish
  • MojarraSpanish
  • Mojarra RayadaSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the avocado cichlid

Other species in the same genus Amatitlania.

Zebra cichlid

Amatitlania nigrofasciata

CichlidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the avocado cichlid?

The avocado cichlid (Amatitlania siquia) belongs to the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Avocado cichlid (Amatitlania siquia). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/avocado-cichlid

MLA

“Avocado cichlid (Amatitlania siquia).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/avocado-cichlid.

BibTeX
@misc{avocado_cichlid_2026,
  title = {Avocado cichlid (Amatitlania siquia)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/avocado-cichlid},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}