Dorosoma chavesi Meek 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 : 19

Dorosoma chavesi Meek 1907 ( Fig. 6K ). Nicaragua Gizzard Shad; Sardina, Sardinilla, Sabalete, Sardina de Río

Vouchers: UCR 0050-001 (5), 0061-003 (1), 0536-001 (6), 0542-005 (10), 0546-011 (9), 0547-003 (12), 0550-004 (15), 0552-001 (11), 0596-002 (10), 1065-005 (1) and 3115-011 (2); FMNH 5925 (15), 5926 (30), 5927 (6), 5928 (1), 14629 (1), 14630 (1), 14631 (1), 14632 (1), 14633 (1), 14634 (1), 14635 (1), 14636 (1), 14637 (1), 14638 (1), 14639 (1), 14640 (1), 52272 (7) and 126133 (6); other collections: CAS 61542 (1), TCWC 249202 (1), UF 108725 (1), 108741 (1), 108742 (1), 108743 (1), 108760 (1), 109843 (1), 135628 (1), 202738 (4), UMMZ 162482 (1), 179115 (1), YPM-ICH 008559 (9), 008560 (9), 008561 (7), 008562 (6) and 010236 (25). Distribution: Central America; from western Nicaragua (lakes Xolotlán and Cocibolca and affluent streams or rivers) to northern Costa Rica, Atlantic drainages; ( Nicaragua) SJ, RF and LN (Atlantic); 0–50 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; NT B1ab(iii) (2018), population trend unknown. Literature: Meek (1907: 112; brief description, including an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Astorqui (1975: 97; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Villa (1982: 87; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 68; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 22; listed, including information on distribution).

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FIGURE 6. Continental fishes of Nicaragua, part 1; (A) Carcharhinus leucas (Carcharhinidae), Lake Nicaragua (LN), photo by Agustín Llanes, May 6, 2020; (B) Pristis pristis (Pristidae), San Juan River (SJ), photo by MARENA, November 17, 2022; (C) Hypanus americanus (Dasyatidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, November- December 2013; (D) Styracura schmardae (Potamotrygonidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 16, 2014; (E) Atractosteus tropicus (Lepisosteidae), Lake Nicaragua (LN), photo by Elías Salas, March 4, 2014; (F) Megalops atlanticus (Megalopidae), Laguna Las Perlas, Kurinwas-Laguna las Perlas (KP), photo by Bruce Williams, June 8, 2017; (G) Anguilla rostrata (Anguillidae), UCR 00448-006, Lamyala, Laguna Las Perlas, Kurinwas-Laguna las Perlas (KP), collected on May 16, 1992; (H) Anchoa panamensis (Engraulidae), UCR 0482-004, San Juan del Sur, Nicoya (Ni), collected on June 8, 1970; (I) Anchovia clupeoides (Engraulidae), UCR 0363-006, Laguna Las Perlas, Kurinwas-Laguna las Perlas (KP), collected on April 2, 1969; (J) Odontognathus compressus (Pristigasteridae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, November-December 2013; (K) Dorosoma chavesi (Dorosomatidae), UCR 0536- 00, Lake Nicaragua (LN), collected on November 23, 1971; (L) Cyprinus carpio (Cyprinidae), Lake Nicaragua (LN), photo by MARENA/El19Digital, November 8, 2016; (M) Brycon costaricensis (Bryconidae), San Juan River (SJ), photo by Arturo Angulo, November 12, 2018.