Trinectes fonsecensis (Günther 1862)

Angulo, Arturo, Betts, Joel T., González-Alemán, Néstor J., Castañeda, Edgar, Berghe, Eric Van Den, Elías, Diego J., Mcmahan, Caleb D. & Matamoros, Wilfredo A., 2023, Continental fishes of Nicaragua: diversity, distribution and conservation status; with an annotated and illustrated checklist of species and an identification guide to families, Zootaxa 5376 (1), pp. 1-89 : 43

Trinectes fonsecensis (Günther 1862) ( Fig. 8D ). Spotted Fin Sole; Suela Rayada, Lenguado-Redondo Rayado

Vouchers: UCR 0187-003 (20); other collections: UF 106609 (1). Distribution: Eastern Pacific Ocean; from the Gulf of California, Mexico, to northern Peru; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; ( Nicaragua) PN (Pacific); 0–10 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2019), population trend unknown. Literature: Villa (1982: 239; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 433; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Robertson & Allen (2015: 2363; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 44; listed, including information on distribution).

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FIGURE 8. Continental fishes of Nicaragua, part 3; (A) Centropomus pectinatus (Centropomidae), Pejibaye, Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 23, 2014; (B) Polydactylus virginicus (Polynemidae), Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April-May 2013; (C) Citharichthys spilopterus (Paralichthyidae), Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April-May 2013; (D) Trinectes paulistanus (Achiridae), Pejibaye, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 12, 2014; (E) Trinectes fonsecensis (Achiridae), Nagualpa, Pacífico de Nicaragua (PN), photo by Arturo Angulo, November 9, 2018; (F) Caranx latus (Carangidae), Pejibaye, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 20, 2014; (G) Oligoplites palometa (Carangidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, November-December 2013; (I) Amatitlania siquia (Cichlidae), Chontales, Lago de Nicaragua (LN), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, August 1, 2012; (J) Amphilophus labiatus (Cichlidae), Isletas de Granadas, Lago de Nicaragua (LN), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 20, 2014; (K) Cribroheros longimanus (Cichlidae), Isletas de Granadas, Lago de Nicaragua (LN), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, February 15, 2013; (L) Hypsophrys nicaraguensis (Cichlidae), Laguna Blanca, Lago de Nicaragua (LN), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, August 1, 2012.