Gobiesox cephalus Lacepède 1800

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 : 68

Gobiesox cephalus Lacepède 1800 ( Fig. 9N ). Caribbean Riverine Clingfish, Smooth Clingfish; Chupapiedras, Chupapiedra Liso, Chupapiedra de Río del Caribe, Guarasapo

Vouchers: Not available. Distribution: Western Atlantic Ocean; from northern Guatemala and Cuba to eastern Venezuela; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; ( Nicaragua) Pr, GM, KP and Es (Atlantic); 0–125 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; DD (2020), population trend unknown. Literature: Bussing (1998: 247, as Gobiesox nudus (Linnaeus 1758) —missidentification; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 4779; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 60; listed, including information on distribution).

Figures

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.