Vieja maculicauda (Regan 1905)

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 : 55

Vieja maculicauda (Regan 1905) ( Fig. 9B ). Blackbelt Cichlid; Vieja, Mojarra, Pis Pis, Tuba, Mojarra de Estero, Palometa, Mojarra Azul, Tilapia

Vouchers: UCR 0361-003 (1), 0362-001 (1), 0457-008 (2), 1003-002 (1) and 1083-001 (1); FMNH 5979 (1); LSUMZ 15303 (10), 15317 (7), 15340 (54), 15351 (3), 15372 (1), 15425 (1), 15444 (1), 17145 (1) and 17154 (1); other collections: IBUNAM 13771 (1), UMMZ 188311 (1), 188312 (1), 196949 (1), 196953 (1) and 199662 (1). Distribution: Central America; from southern Belize to central Panama, Atlantic and Pacific (Canal zone in Panama) drainages; ( Nicaragua) Co, UI, WK, Pr, GM, KP, Es, BF, IM, To, Sa, SJ, RF and LN (Atlantic); 0–115 masl; Sec, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2019), population trend unknown. Literature: Meek (1907: 128, as Cichlasoma nigritum ( Meek 1907) —misidentification; brief description, including an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Villa (1982: 195, as Cichlasoma maculicauda — synonym; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 380; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), González-Alemán (2006: 63; brief description, including an illustration, and information on distribution and ecology), Gros & Miguel-Frithz (2010: 53; brief description, including illustrations, and information on distribution and ecology, plus indigenous science and ethnoichthyology), Robertson & Allen (2015: 4696; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), van den Berghe (2015: 34; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology), McMahan et al. (2016: 1; information on historical and current distribution, with a map), Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 4696; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Angulo (2021: 51; listed, including information on distribution), Ardon et al. (2022: 1; body shape variability) and Angulo & San Gil-León (2022: e4029; identification key and information on distribution).

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FIGURE 9. Continental fishes of Nicaragua, part 4; (A) Parachromis managuensis (Cichlidae), Tributary of the Sarapiquí River (Sa), photo by Arturo Angulo, November 11, 2018; (B) Vieja maculicauda (Cichlidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Luis Fernando López, April 13, 2020; (C) Atherinella hubbsi (Atherinopsidae), Tributary of the Sarapiquí River (Sa), photo by Arturo Angulo, November 11, 2018; (D) Cynodonichthys isthmensis (Rivulidae), UCR 00475-001, La Gateada, Econdido River (Es), collected on April 19, 1970; (E) Alfaro cultratus (Poeciliidae), Tributary of the Sarapiquí River (Sa), photo by Arturo Angulo, November 11, 2018; (F) Belonesox belizanus (Poeciliidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, November-December 2013; (G) Brachyrhaphis holdridgei (Poeciliidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 8, 2014; (H) Priapichthys annectens (Poeciliidae), Tributary of the Sarapiquí River (Sa), photo by Arturo Angulo, November 11, 2018; (I) Anableps dowii (Anablepidae), Golfo de Fonseca, Pacífico de Nicaragua (PN), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, November 16, 2019; (J) Tylosurus crocodilus (Belonidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, November-December 2013; (K) Hyporhamphus unifasciatus (Hemiramphidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, November-December 2013; (L) Dajaus monticola (Mugilidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 5, 2014; (M) Joturus pichardi (Mugilidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 5, 2014; (N) Gobiesox cephalus (Gobiesocidae), Tributary of the Escondido River (Es), photo by Alex Gallardo, June 11, 2019; (O) Lutjanus argentiventris (Lutjanidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 23, 2014.