Caranx latus Agassiz 1831

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 : 44

Caranx latus Agassiz 1831 ( Fig. 8F ). Horse-Eye Jack; Jurel Blanco, Gallego, Jurel Ojón

Vouchers: UCR 1066-010 (1); other collections: KU 22695 (1). Distribution: Atlantic Ocean; from New Jersey, USA, to São Paulo, Brazil, in the western Atlantic, and the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Rocks, the Ascension island, and the Gulf of Guinea, in the eastern Atlantic; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; ( Nicaragua) Es, BF, IM, To, Sa and SJ (Atlantic); 0–25 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2019), population trend stable. Literature: Villa (1982: 165; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 274; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), van den Berghe (2015: 41; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology), Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 3641; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 45; listed, including information on distribution).

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FIGURE 8. Continental fishes of Nicaragua, part 3; (A) Centropomus pectinatus (Centropomidae), Pejibaye, Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 23, 2014; (B) Polydactylus virginicus (Polynemidae), Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April-May 2013; (C) Citharichthys spilopterus (Paralichthyidae), Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April-May 2013; (D) Trinectes paulistanus (Achiridae), Pejibaye, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 12, 2014; (E) Trinectes fonsecensis (Achiridae), Nagualpa, Pacífico de Nicaragua (PN), photo by Arturo Angulo, November 9, 2018; (F) Caranx latus (Carangidae), Pejibaye, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 20, 2014; (G) Oligoplites palometa (Carangidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, November-December 2013; (I) Amatitlania siquia (Cichlidae), Chontales, Lago de Nicaragua (LN), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, August 1, 2012; (J) Amphilophus labiatus (Cichlidae), Isletas de Granadas, Lago de Nicaragua (LN), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 20, 2014; (K) Cribroheros longimanus (Cichlidae), Isletas de Granadas, Lago de Nicaragua (LN), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, February 15, 2013; (L) Hypsophrys nicaraguensis (Cichlidae), Laguna Blanca, Lago de Nicaragua (LN), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, August 1, 2012.