Eucinostomus melanopterus (Bleeker, 1863)

Angulo, Arturo, 2021, New records and range extensions to the Costa Rican freshwater fish fauna, with an updated checklist, Zootaxa 5083 (1), pp. 1-72 : 64

Eucinostomus melanopterus (Bleeker, 1863) .

Flagfin Mojarra; Mojarra Bandera, Mojarrita de Ley, Comearena, Palmito.

Distribution: Global: Atlantic Ocean; from Bermuda and Florida, USA, to Brazil, in the Western Atlantic, and from Senegal to Angola and Mauritania in the eastern Atlantic; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; Costa Rica: To, Pa and Ma (Atlantic), 0– 10 m.a.s.l., Per, Dia.

Occurrence and conservation status: Nat, LC.

References: Angulo et al. (2013: 1001; listed, including taxonomic information and distributional data) and Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 3709; detailed description, including illustrations, information on distribution, with a map, and ecology).