Dactyloscopus amnis Miller & Briggs 1962

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 : 68

Dactyloscopus amnis Miller & Briggs 1962 . Estuarine Sand-Stargazer, Riverine Stargazer; Miraestrellas de Arena Estuarina, Miraestrellas Ribereña

Vouchers: Not available. Distribution: Eastern Pacific Ocean; from southern Mexico to eastern Panama; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; ( Nicaragua) PN (Pacific); 0–8 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2019), population trend unknown. Literature: Villa (1982: 214; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Robertson & Allen (2015: 1376; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 60; listed, including information on distribution).