Yellow dwarf cichlid
(Amatitlania altoflava)

Central America: Atlantic Panama.

Males do not grow larger than 10 centimeters and the females usually do not even reach 8 centimeters.

Dorsal spines (total): 17 - 18; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Anal spines: 8-9; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9.

This species is distinguished by having the following characters: yellowish breast, fins and throat; basal process on the largest first-arch gill-rakers; bicuspidate lower symphysial teeth with a small lingual cusp; distally two rows of interradial scales on anal fin; opercle with spots, part of a rather indistinct longitudinal stripe.

Known only from the Rio Cañaveral basin that flows into the Atlantic Ocean just east of Laguna Chiriqui. Here it inhabits medium to fast-flowing rivers with a stony bottom. This region is difficult to access and only accessible by boat.