Neetroplus nematopus (Günther 1867)

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 : 53

Neetroplus nematopus (Günther 1867) . Poor Man’s Tropheus; Moga, Mojarra

Vouchers: UCR 0049-003 (72), 0063-004 (24), 0185-001 (150), 0188-002 (165), 0189-002 (16), 0190-004 (45), 0241-002 (18), 0242-005 (5), 0265-007 (3), 0266-003 (1), 0268-010 (1), 0274-001 (1), 0466-004 (1), 0470-002 (2), 0536-005 (1), 0539-002 (12), 1006-003 (1) and 3225-008 (3); FMNH 5999 (1), 6210 (1), 52538 (3) and 117208 (1); LSUMZ 15437 (5) and 15446 (6); other collections: CAS 30615 (3), 61397 (2), 76032 (3), 76033 (7), 76034 (1), 76056 (150), 76167 (3), 76182 (32), 76183 (1), 76193 (1), 76194 (12), 76228 (4), 76233 (15), 76583 (222), IBUNAM 13752 (1), 13753 (1), 13754 (1), KU 18706 (1), TU 202728 (5), YPM-ICH 007947 (1), 009423 (11) and 009793 (209). Distribution: Central America; from southern Nicaragua to northern Costa Rica, Atlantic and Pacific drainages; ( Nicaragua) Co, UI, WK, Pr, GM, KP, Es, BF, IM, To, Sa, SJ, RF, LN (Atlantic) and PN (Pacific); 10– 165 masl; Sec, Pot. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; NT B1ab(iii) (2020), population trend unknown.

Literature: Meek (1907: 130, as Neetroplus nematopsis —misspelled and synonym; brief description, including an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Astorqui (1975: 142; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Villa (1982: 203; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 357; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Schmitter-Soto (2007: 67, as Hypsophrys nematopus —synonym; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Gros & Miguel-Frithz (2010: 195; brief description, including illustrations, and information on distribution and ecology, plus indigenous science and ethnoichthyology), van den Berghe (2015: 33, as Hypsophrys nematipus —misspelled and synonym; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology), Angulo (2021: 49; listed, including information on distribution) and Angulo & San Gil-León (2022: e4029; identification key and information on distribution).