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
GYMNOTIFORMES
Gymnotidae
. Primary.
Gymnotus cylindricus
La Monte, 1935
. Knifefish, pez cuchillo. Native.
Departments:
Atlántida, Choluteca, Colón, Comayagua, Cortés, Gracias a Dios, Santa Bárbara and Yoro. Drainages: Atlantic slope: Motagua, Chamelecón,
Ulúa, Leán, Cangrejal, Lislis, Aguán, Sico-Tinto, Plátano, Patuca, Warunta and Coco.
Pacific slope: Choluteca.
Remarks:
Albert & Miller
et al
. (1995)
stated that
G. cylindricus
occurs only in drainages on the Atlantic slope of Central
America
. However, some of the material they examined in their paper came from localities in the
Honduran
Pacific slope, wrongly identified as Atlantic slope localities. This material includes: UMMZ 155831, UMMZ 188296, UMMZ 188297 (see
Albert & Miller, 1995
;
Albert
et al
., 1999
;
Albert, 2001
). Further,
Bussing (2002)
reported
G. cylindricus
from the Yeguare River, a tributary of the Choluteca River, which drains to the Gulf of Fonseca on the
Honduran
Pacific slope.
Gymnotus maculosus
Albert & Miller, 1995
. Spotted knifefish, cuchillo manchado. Native.
Departments:
Choluteca and Valle. Drainages: Pacific slope: Lempa, Goascorán, Nacaome, Choluteca, and Negro.
Remarks:
Albert & Miller (1995)
did not include material from
Honduras
in the description of the species. However,
Bussing (2002)
and
Miller
et al
. (2005)
report a continuous distribution extending from southern
México
to
Costa Rica
, including the
Honduran
Pacific slope.