Cichlidae

Seven-striped Cichlid

Amatitlania septemfasciata

From the San Juan drainage to the Banano River

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Central America and the Caribbean
• Small
• Tropical fish

Amatitlania septemfasciata (sometimes called the Seven-stripe Cichlid or Cutter's Cichlid) is a fish species in the cichlid family. It is found on the Atlantic slope of Costa Rica, between the San Juan River drainage and the Banano River. Several currently recognized cichlid species within the genus Amatitlania were formerly considered varieties of Amatitlania septumfasciata, including Amatitlania myrnae, the Topaz Cichlid, and Amatitlania cutteri (which also sometimes uses the common name "Cutter's Cichlid").