Odontognathus compressus Meek & Hildebrand 1923 (Fig. 6J). Caribbean Longfin Herring; Arenquillo Machete

Vouchers: Not available. Distribution: Western Atlantic Ocean; from southern Nicaragua to Suriname; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; (Nicaragua) BF (Atlantic); 0–5 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2017), population trend unknown. Literature: van den Berghe (2015: 44, illustrated but not identified; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology) and Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 2929; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology). Remarks: Robertson & Van Tassell (2019) report a distribution for the species that ranges from the central coast of Costa Rica to Suriname; the present record, based on the above, would represent an extension in the known geographic range of the species of about 100 km to the north.