Priapichthys annectens (Regan 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 : 63

Priapichthys annectens (Regan 1907) ( Fig. 9H ). Orange Fin Livebearer; Olomina, Alumina, Pepesca

Vouchers: UCR 1062-007 (3) and 3225-005 (2). Distribution: Central America; from northern Costa Rica to (probably) western Panama, Atlantic and Pacific drainages; ( Nicaragua) IM, To, Sa, SJ, RF and LN (Atlantic); 25–630 masl; Sec, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2020), population trend stable.

Literature: Bussing (1998: 230; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 57; listed, including information on distribution).

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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.