Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of continental and insular Honduras
Author
Matamoros, Wilfredo A.
Author
Schaefer, Jacob F.
Author
Kreiser, Brian R.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2307
1
38
journal article
40315
10.5281/zenodo.275406
285f89af-474d-4a43-99d7-1a90b8a12ceb
1175-5326
275406
ATHERINIFORMES
Atherinopsidae
. Peripheral.
Atherinella argentea
Chernoff, 1986
. Moon silverside, plateadita de la luna. Native.
Departments:
Choluteca and Valle. Drainages: Pacific slope: Lempa, Goascorán, Nacaome, Choluteca and Negro.
Atherinella blackburni
(Schultz, 1949)
. Beach silverside, plateadita playera. Native.
Departments:
Colón and Islas de la Bahía. Drainages: Atlantic slope: Lislis and Roatán.
Remarks:
The following two vouchers collected in a stream in the island of Roatán; FMNH 84961, and UMMZ 199672 collected
5 km
west of the city of Trujillo represent the first report of
A. blackburni
in
Honduras
.
Atherinella guija
(Hildebrand, 1925)
.
Guija
|
silverside, plateadita |
del
Guija
. Native.
|
Departments:
Choluteca and Valle.
|
Drainages: Pacific |
slope: Lempa, Goascorán, |
Nacaome |
and |
Choluteca. |
Atherinella meeki
(
Miller, 1907
)
. Meek’s silverside, plateadita de Meek. Native.
Department:
Cortés. Drainages: Atlantic slope: Motagua and Chamelecón.
Remarks:
A. meeki
was described by
Miller (1907)
from material collected in the Motagua River.
A. meeki
has been considered endemic to the Motagua River in
Guatemala
since its description. Voucher GCRL 6004 identified as
A. meeki
, collected in the Chivana River which is a tributary of the Chamelecón River in
Honduras
, represents the first report of
A. meeki
in
Honduras
as well as an extension of its distributional range.
Atherinella milleri
(Bussing, 1979)
. Miller’s silverside, plateadita de Miller. Native.
Departments:
Atlántida, Colón and Gracias a Dios. Drainages: Atlantic slope: Cangrejal, Lislis, Aguán, Sico-Tinto, Plátano, Patuca, Warunta and Coco.
Atherinella pachylepis
(Günther, 1864)
. Thickscale silverside, plateadita de escama gruesa. Native.
Departments:
Choluteca and Valle. Drainages: Pacific slope: Lempa, Goascorán, Nacaome, Choluteca and Negro.