Centropomus parallelus Poey 1860

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 : 40

Centropomus parallelus Poey 1860 . Smallscale Fat Snook; Róbalo de Escama Pequeña, Calva, Chucumite, Robalito, Kalwa

Vouchers: UCR 1066-011 (1); LSUMZ 15311 (2). Distribution: Western Atlantic Ocean; from southern Florida, USA, to southern Brazil; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; ( Nicaragua) Pr, GM, Es, BF, To, Sa, SJ, RF and LN (Atlantic); 0–43 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2019), population trend unknown. Literature: Villa (1982: 160; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 267; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), González-Alemán (2006: 29; brief description, including an illustration, and information on distribution and ecology), van den Berghe (2015: 46, as Centropomus pectinatus —misidentification; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology), Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 3459; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 41; listed, including information on distribution).