Anchovia macrolepidota (Kner 1863)

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

Anchovia macrolepidota (Kner 1863) . Big Scale Anchovy, Large Scale Anchovy; Anchoa de Escamas Grandes, Anchoveta Escamuda

Vouchers: Not available. Distribution: Eastern Pacific Ocean; from central Baja California Sur, Mexico, to northern Peru; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; ( Nicaragua) ER and PN (Pacific); 0–9 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2020), population trend unknown. Literature: Villa (1982: 95; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Robertson & Allen (2015: 499; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 23; listed, including information on distribution).