''Vieja maculicauda'' also known as the blackbelt cichlid, is a cichlid fish

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

native to

Central America Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually ...

from Southern

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...

References

maculicauda Cichlid fish of Central America Cichlid fish of South America Freshwater fish of Mexico Freshwater fish of Nicaragua Fish of Lake Nicaragua Fish of Panama Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan Fish described in 1905 {{Cichlasomatinae-stub