Lutjanus argentiventris (Peters 1869)

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 : 69

Lutjanus argentiventris (Peters 1869) ( Fig. 9O ). Yellow Snapper, Amarillo Snapper; Pargo Amarillo

Vouchers: Not available. Distribution: Eastern Pacific Ocean; from southern California to Peru, including the Revillagigedos, Cocos, Malpelo and Galapagos islands; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; ( Nicaragua) PN and Ni (Pacific); 0–5 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2010), population trend unknown. Literature: Villa (1982: 171; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 278; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Robertson & Allen (2015: 1315; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 62; 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.