Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes 1847

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 : 14

Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes 1847 ( Fig. 6F ). Tarpon, Atlantic Tarpon; Sábalo, Sábalo Real, Tarpón, Tarpón del Atlántico

Vouchers: UCR 1091-001 (1) and 1092-001 (1). Distribution: Atlantic and Eastern Pacific oceans; from southern Nova Scotia, Canada, to southern Brazil in the western Atlantic, from southern France to Angola in the eastern Atlantic and from southern Guatemala to southern Colombia in the Eastern Pacific; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; ( Nicaragua) Co, UI, WK, Pr, GM, KP, Es, BF, IM, To, Sa, SJ, RF and LN (Atlantic); 0–31 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; VU A2bd (2019), population trend decreasing. Literature: Meek (1907: 111, as Tarpon atlanticus —synonym; brief description, including an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Astorqui (1975: 93; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Villa (1982: 77, as T. atlanticus —synonym; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 61; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), González-Alemán (2006: 81; brief description, including an illustration, and information on distribution and ecology), Gros & Miguel-Frithz (2010: 153; brief description, including illustrations, and information on distribution and ecology, plus indigenous science and ethnoichthyology), Robertson & Allen (2015: 2522; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), van den Berghe (2015: 36; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology), Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 2522; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Castellanos-Galindo et al. (2019: 401; information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 20; listed, including information on distribution).

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FIGURE 6. Continental fishes of Nicaragua, part 1; (A) Carcharhinus leucas (Carcharhinidae), Lake Nicaragua (LN), photo by Agustín Llanes, May 6, 2020; (B) Pristis pristis (Pristidae), San Juan River (SJ), photo by MARENA, November 17, 2022; (C) Hypanus americanus (Dasyatidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, November- December 2013; (D) Styracura schmardae (Potamotrygonidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 16, 2014; (E) Atractosteus tropicus (Lepisosteidae), Lake Nicaragua (LN), photo by Elías Salas, March 4, 2014; (F) Megalops atlanticus (Megalopidae), Laguna Las Perlas, Kurinwas-Laguna las Perlas (KP), photo by Bruce Williams, June 8, 2017; (G) Anguilla rostrata (Anguillidae), UCR 00448-006, Lamyala, Laguna Las Perlas, Kurinwas-Laguna las Perlas (KP), collected on May 16, 1992; (H) Anchoa panamensis (Engraulidae), UCR 0482-004, San Juan del Sur, Nicoya (Ni), collected on June 8, 1970; (I) Anchovia clupeoides (Engraulidae), UCR 0363-006, Laguna Las Perlas, Kurinwas-Laguna las Perlas (KP), collected on April 2, 1969; (J) Odontognathus compressus (Pristigasteridae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, November-December 2013; (K) Dorosoma chavesi (Dorosomatidae), UCR 0536- 00, Lake Nicaragua (LN), collected on November 23, 1971; (L) Cyprinus carpio (Cyprinidae), Lake Nicaragua (LN), photo by MARENA/El19Digital, November 8, 2016; (M) Brycon costaricensis (Bryconidae), San Juan River (SJ), photo by Arturo Angulo, November 12, 2018.