Rhamdia guatemalensis (Günther 1864)

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 : 27

Rhamdia guatemalensis (Günther 1864) ( Fig. 7F ). Pale Catfish, Guatemalan Catfish; Barbudo, Chuchín, Chulín, Bagre, Filín, Julín, Barbudo de Guatemala o Guatemalteco

Vouchers: UCR 0024-010 (1), 0049-006 (20), 0050-005 (2), 0184-007 (3), 0241-001 (1), 0242-008 (1), 0458- 007 (15), 0459-005 (1), 0460-003 (13), 0461-005 (7), 0539-003 (13), 0540-001 (18), 0542-006 (1), 0543-003 (1), 1052-021 (14), 1054-009 (3), 1057-008 (2) and 1062-017 (1); FMNH 5906 (1), 5907 (1) and 59530 (7); LSUMZ 15417 (1), 15424 (1) and 15433 (5); other collections: IBUNAM 13795 (1), KU 22691 (1), 22718 (1), 22719 (1), 22731 (1), 23213 (1), UMMZ 180609 (1), 188250 (1), 188251 (1), 196950 (1), 199623 (1), 204008 (1) and 204011 (1). Distribution: North and South America; from southern Mexico to eastern Colombia, Atlantic and Pacific drainages; ( Nicaragua) Co, UI, WK, Pr, GM, KP, Es, BF, IM, To, Sa, SJ, RF, LN (Atlantic), Ch, Ne, ER, PN and Ni (Pacific); 0–600 masl; Pri, Pot. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2019), population trend unknown. Literature: Meek (1907: 106; brief description, including an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Astorqui (1975: 69, as Rhamdia barbata Meek 1907 —synonym; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Villa (1982: 120, also as R. barbata —synonym; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Carr & Giovannoli (1994: 101; brief description, including information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 148; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), González-Alemán (2006: 87; brief description, including an illustration, and information on distribution and ecology), Gros & Miguel-Frithz (2010: 165, 171; brief description, including illustrations, and information on distribution and ecology, plus indigenous science and ethnoichthyology), van den Berghe (2015: 37; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 30; listed, including information on distribution).

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FIGURE 7. Continental fishes of Nicaragua, part 2; (A) Astyanax bransfordii (Characidae), San Juan River (SJ), photo by Arturo Angulo, November 12, 2018; (B) Astyanax nicaraguensis (Characidae), Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April-May 2013; (C) Eretmobrycon scleroparius (Characidae), San Juan River (SJ), photo by Arturo Angulo, November 12, 2018; (D) Gymnotus maculosus (Gymnotidae), Tributary of the Sarapiquí River (Sa), photo by Arturo Angulo, November 11, 2018; (E) Hypostomus cf. niceforoi (Loricariidae), Río Frío (RF), photo by Jose Carlos Carrasco, September 8, 2021; (F) Rhamdia guatemalensis (Heptapteridae), Puerto Príncipe, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 28, 2014; (G) Bagre filamentosus (Ariidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, November-December 2013; (H) Batrachoides surinamensis (Batrachoididae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 24, 2014; (I) Microphis lineatus (Syngnathidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 6, 2014; (J) Eleotris perniger (Eleotridae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 6, 2014; (K) Gobiomorus dormitor (Eleotridae), Pejibaye, Blue Fields- Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 19, 2014; (L) Hemieleotris latifasciata (Eleotridae), San Juan del Sur, Nicoya (Ni), photo by Arturo Angulo, November 8, 2018; (M) Awaous banana (Gobiidae), Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 5, 2014; (N-O) Synbranchus marmoratus (Synbranchidae), Tributary of the Sarapiquí River (Sa), photo by Arturo Angulo, November 11, 2018.