Pomacentridae Bonaparte 1831

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 : 56

Family Pomacentridae Bonaparte 1831 ( Fig. 4D ). Damselfishes, Night-Sergeants, Garibaldis, Sergeant-Majors, Gregories, Chromis, Anemonefishes; Jaquetas, Damiselas, Petacas, Castañuelas, Castañetas, Pintañas

Description: Body elongate to ovoid, compressed; up to 35 cm in length; a single nostril on each side; mouth small, protrusible, opens at front; jaw teeth conical, incisors or brush-like; no teeth on roof of mouth; lateral line interrupted or interrupted; a single continuous dorsal fin with 8–17 and usually 11–18 soft rays, but with the base of the spinous portion longer than the soft portion; anal fin with two spines (very rarely three) and 10–14 rays ( Robertson & Allen 2015, Nelson et al. 2016). Distribution: Marine (rarely brackish or freshwater); all tropical oceans (primarily the Indo-Pacific) (Nelson et al. 2016). One genus and one species in Nicaraguan freshwaters.

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FIGURE 4. Families of continental fishes of Nicaragua, part 3; Achiridae (A), Carangidae (B), Cichlidae (C), Pomacentridae (D), Atherinopsidae (E), Rivulidae (F), Poeciliidae (G), Anablepidae (H), Belonidae (I), Hemiramphidae (J), Mugilidae (K), Gobiesocidae (L), Dactyloscopidae (M) and Lutjanidae (N). Illustrations adapted (with permission) from Nelson et al. (2016) and Angulo et al. (2021).