Continental fishes of Nicaragua: diversity, distribution and conservation status; with an annotated and illustrated checklist of species and an identification guide to families Angulo, Arturo Betts, Joel T. González-Alemán, Néstor J. Castañeda, Edgar Berghe, Eric Van Den Elías, Diego J. Mcmahan, Caleb D. Matamoros, Wilfredo A. Zootaxa 2023 2023-11-27 5376 1 1 89 Gill 1861 Gill 1861 [245,547,150,177] Dorosomatidae GBIF Animalia Clupeiformes 18 19 Chordata family   Description:Body slightly elongate, fusiform, oval in cross-section; usually up to 20 cmin length; mouth usually inferior, short, ending before eye; upper jaw with a distinct median notch or cleft lower jaw flared outward; teeth absent; abdominal scutes strong; last dorsal-fin ray filamentous in most taxa; anal fin usually with 12–29, up to 38 insome taxa; usually silvery in color ( Robertson & Allen 2015, Nelson et al.2016). Distribution:Marine or freshwater; North and Central America, Indo-West Pacific Ocean ( Nelson et al.2016). Four genera and five species in Nicaraguan freshwaters.