Lutjanus colorado Jordan & Gilbert 1882

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 : 69

Lutjanus colorado Jordan & Gilbert 1882 . Colorado Snapper; Pargo Colorado, Pargo Achotillo, Pargo Rojo

Vouchers: (other collections) UF 106617 (1), 106637 (1), 106647 (1) and 106957 (1). Distribution: Eastern Pacific Ocean; from southern California, USA, to northern Peru, including the cocos and Malpelo islands; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; ( Nicaragua) ER, PN and Ni (Pacific); 0–5 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2010), population trend unknown. Literature: Villa (1982: 171; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Robertson & Allen (2015: 1316; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 62; listed, including information on distribution).