Male in Lake Apoyo
Male of Amphilophus chancho in Lake Apoyo [Nicaragua].Photo by Ad Konings. determiner Ad Konings

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Therapsini

Genus
Amphilophus

Group
Citrinellus

Status
valid


Curator

Published:

Last updated on:
08-Jan-2009

Amphilophus chancho Stauffer, McCrary & Black, 2008

Original description as Amphilophus chancho:

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  • Stauffer, Jay Richard Jr. & J.K. McCrary & K.E. Black. 2008. "Three new species of cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Apoyo, Nicaragua". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. v. 121 (no. 1); pp.117–129 (crc01552) (abstract)

Conservation: Amphilophus chancho is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (CR) critically endangered (2019).

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