Batrachoides surinamensis (Bloch & Schneider 1801)

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 : 30

Batrachoides surinamensis (Bloch & Schneider 1801) ( Fig. 7H ). Pacuma Toadfish; Sapo Guayanés

Vouchers: Not available. Distribution: Western Atlantic Ocean; from Honduras to northern Brazil; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; ( Nicaragua) Pr and BF (Atlantic); 0–4 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2010), population trend unknown. Literature: Fowler (1923: 32; listed, including information on distribution), Collette & Russo (1981: 203; information on distribution), van den Berghe (2015: 47; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology) and Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 3152; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology).

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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.