Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur 1817)

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 : 16

Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur 1817) ( Fig. 6G ). American Eel; Anguila, Anguila de Mar, Anguila Verdadera, Anguila Americana

Vouchers: UCR 0448-006 (1) and 0457-015 (1). Distribution: Western Atlantic Ocean; from southern Greenland to northwestern Venezuela; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; ( Nicaragua) Co, UI, WK, Pr, GM, KP, Es, BF and IM (Atlantic); 0–350 masl; Per, Dia, Cat. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; EN A2bd (2017), population trend decreasing. Literature: Villa (1982: 81; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 64; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Gros & Miguel-Frithz (2010: 175; brief description, including illustrations, and information on distribution and ecology, plus indigenous science and ethnoichthyology), Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 2770; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 21; listed, including information on distribution).

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FIGURE 6. Continental fishes of Nicaragua, part 1; (A) Carcharhinus leucas (Carcharhinidae), Lake Nicaragua (LN), photo by Agustín Llanes, May 6, 2020; (B) Pristis pristis (Pristidae), San Juan River (SJ), photo by MARENA, November 17, 2022; (C) Hypanus americanus (Dasyatidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, November- December 2013; (D) Styracura schmardae (Potamotrygonidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 16, 2014; (E) Atractosteus tropicus (Lepisosteidae), Lake Nicaragua (LN), photo by Elías Salas, March 4, 2014; (F) Megalops atlanticus (Megalopidae), Laguna Las Perlas, Kurinwas-Laguna las Perlas (KP), photo by Bruce Williams, June 8, 2017; (G) Anguilla rostrata (Anguillidae), UCR 00448-006, Lamyala, Laguna Las Perlas, Kurinwas-Laguna las Perlas (KP), collected on May 16, 1992; (H) Anchoa panamensis (Engraulidae), UCR 0482-004, San Juan del Sur, Nicoya (Ni), collected on June 8, 1970; (I) Anchovia clupeoides (Engraulidae), UCR 0363-006, Laguna Las Perlas, Kurinwas-Laguna las Perlas (KP), collected on April 2, 1969; (J) Odontognathus compressus (Pristigasteridae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, November-December 2013; (K) Dorosoma chavesi (Dorosomatidae), UCR 0536- 00, Lake Nicaragua (LN), collected on November 23, 1971; (L) Cyprinus carpio (Cyprinidae), Lake Nicaragua (LN), photo by MARENA/El19Digital, November 8, 2016; (M) Brycon costaricensis (Bryconidae), San Juan River (SJ), photo by Arturo Angulo, November 12, 2018.