Odontognathus compressus Meek & Hildebrand 1923

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 : 18

Odontognathus compressus Meek & Hildebrand 1923 ( Fig. 6J ). Caribbean Longfin Herring; Arenquillo Machete

Vouchers: Not available. Distribution: Western Atlantic Ocean; from southern Nicaragua to Suriname; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; ( Nicaragua) BF (Atlantic); 0–5 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2017), population trend unknown. Literature: van den Berghe (2015: 44, illustrated but not identified; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology) and Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 2929; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology). Remarks: Robertson & Van Tassell (2019) report a distribution for the species that ranges from the central coast of Costa Rica to Suriname; the present record, based on the above, would represent an extension in the known geographic range of the species of about 100 km to the north.

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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.