Polydactylus approximans (Lay & Bennett, 1839)

Angulo, Arturo, 2021, New records and range extensions to the Costa Rican freshwater fish fauna, with an updated checklist, Zootaxa 5083 (1), pp. 1-72 : 42

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5083.1.1

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scientific name

Polydactylus approximans (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
status

 

Polydactylus approximans (Lay & Bennett, 1839) View in CoL .

Blue Bobo; Barbudo Azul, Bobo Blanco, Barbudo de Seis Barbas.

Distribution: Global: Eastern Pacific Ocean; from Central California, USA, to Chile, including the Cocos, Malpelo and Galapagos Islands; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; Costa Rica: Co (Pacific), 0– 5 m.a.s.l., Per, Dia.

Occurrence and conservation status: Nat, LC.

References: Robertson & Allen (2015: 1402; detailed description, including illustrations, information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo et al. (2020: 1; new country record, including information on distribution, an identification key and illustrations).

Angulo, A., San Gil-Leon, J. A., Oviedo, A., Abarca-Odio, J. I. & Umana-Villalobos, G. (2020) The fishes from the Coto River basin, Pacific coast, Costa Rica. Zootaxa, 4751 (1), 1 - 28. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4751.1.1

Robertson, D. R. & Allen, G. R. (2015) Shorefishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific: online information system. Version 2.0. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama. Available from: https: // biogeodb. stri. si. edu / sftep / en / pages (accessed 27 August 2021).