Lutjanidae Gill 1861

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 : 69

Family Lutjanidae Gill 1861 ( Fig. 4N ). Snappers, Jobfishes, Rabirrubias; Pargos

Description: Body ovate to elongate, usually robust or slightly compressed; up to 170 cm in length; mouth terminal, moderate to large; most with enlarged canine teeth on jaws, small teeth on palatines and usually on vomer; maxilla slips beneath preorbital when mouth closed; supramaxilla absent; no enlarged pores on chin; snout, below eye and lower jaw scale-less; preoperculum serrated; pelvic fins inserted just behind pectoral fin base; dorsal fin continuous or with a shallow notch, with 9–12 spines and 9–18 soft rays; anal fin with 3 spines and 7–11 soft rays; caudal fin truncate to deeply forked ( Robertson & Allen 2015, Nelson et al. 2016). Distribution: Marine (rarely in estuaries and freshwaters); tropical and subtropical, Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans (Nelson et al. 2016). One genus and eight 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).