Paralichthyidae Regan 1910

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 : 42

Family Paralichthyidae Regan 1910 ( Fig. 3N ). Sand Flounders, Sandabs; Lenguados, Peces Hoja

Description: Body strongly compressed, flattened, oval in shape; up to 150 cm, usually less than 70 cm; eyes on the left side; border of the preoperculum free, not obscured by skin or scales; pectoral fins on both sides of body, with branched rays; pelvic fins on both sides of body, with 5–6 rays, bases short and symmetrical or nearly so; dorsal and anal fins not joined to the caudal fin ( Robertson & Allen 2015, Nelson et al. 2016). Distribution: Marine, rarely freshwater; Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans (Nelson et al. 2016). One genus and three species in Nicaraguan freshwaters.

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FIGURE 3. Families of continental fishes of Nicaragua, part 2; Bryconidae (A), Characidae (B), Gymnotidae (C), Loricariidae (D), Heptapteridae (E), Ariidae (F), Batrachoididae (G), Syngnathidae (H), Eleotridae (I), Gobiidae (J), Synbranchidae (K), Centropomidae (L), Polynemidae (M) and Paralichthyidae (N). Illustrations adapted (with permission) from Nelson et al. (2016) and Angulo et al. (2021).