Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch 1790)

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 : 76

Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch 1790) ( Fig. 10F ). Atlantic Tripletail; Dormilona del Atlántico, Berrugate del Atlántico

Vouchers: Not available. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas (including Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, South China Sea, Sea of Japan), except for eastern Pacific; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; ( Nicaragua) BF (Atlantic); 0–3 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2015), population trend stable. Literature: van den Berghe (2015: 47; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology) and Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 3700; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology).

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FIGURE 10. Continental fishes of Nicaragua, part 5; (A) Eucinostomus currani (Gerreidae), Nagualpa, Pacífico de Nicaragua (PN), photo by Arturo Angulo, November 9, 2018; (B) Eugerres plumieri (Gerreidae), Pejibaye, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 19, 2014; (C) Rhonciscus crocro (Haemulidae), río Kama, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by José A. López, August 10, 2019; (D); Micropogonias furnieri (Sciaenidae), Laguna de Perlas, Kurinwas- Laguna las Perlas (KP), photo by Alejandro Estrada, February 12, 2018; (E) Chaetodipterus faber (Ephippidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 23, 2014; (F) Lobotes surinamensis (Lobotidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, November-December 2013; (G) Sphoeroides annulatus (Tetraodontidae), Rancho Santana, Pacífico de Nicaragua, photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, May 2, 2004.