Phallichthys amates (Miller 1907)

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 : 60

Phallichthys amates (Miller 1907) . Merry Widow Livebearer; Olomina, Alumina, Pepesca

Vouchers: UCR 0267-003 (32), 0268-007 (20), 0275-005 (20), 0458-010 (15), 0461-002 (12), 1051-013 (8), 1052- 014 (133), 1053-010 (1), 1054-010 (66), 1055-009 (7), 1056-003 (1), 1057-010 (7), 1058-003 (1), 1062-006 (27) and 3225-006 (1); FMNH 84989 (1); LSUMZ 15414 (15); other collections: CUMV 64683 (1), IBUNAM 13820 (1), 13821 (1), 13822 (1), 13823 (1), 13824 (1) and 13825 (1). Distribution: Central America; from eastern Guatemala to western Panama, Atlantic and Pacific drainages; ( Nicaragua) Co, UI, WK, Pr, GM, KP, Es, BF, IM, To, Sa, SJ and RF (Atlantic); 0–710 masl; Sec, Pot. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2020), population trend stable. Literature: Villa (1982: 132; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 213; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Gros & Miguel-Frithz (2010: 237, as Phallichthys sp. —misidentification; brief description, including illustrations, and information on distribution and ecology, plus indigenous science and ethnoichthyology) and Angulo (2021: 55; listed, including information on distribution).