Alfaro cultratus (Regan 1908)

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 : 58

Alfaro cultratus (Regan 1908) ( Fig. 9E ). Knife Livebearer; Olomina, Alumina, Killi, Olomina de (Anastasio) Alfaro

Vouchers: UCR 0011-002 (10), 0024-01 (10), 0267-002 (58), 0362-002 (26), 0458-009 (10), 0461-001 (15), 1001- 002 (2), 1002-001 (1), 1004-001 (12), 1051-008 (31), 1052-023 (85), 1053-008 (1), 1054-011 (1), 1055-003 (20), 1057-009 (4), 1062-002 (46), 3222-003 (1), 3224-005 (1) and 3225-001 (1); FMNH 84997 (5); LSUMZ 15413 (95) and 15429 (1); other collections: ANSP 169229 (1), IBUNAM 13796 (1), 13799 (1), 13800 (1), 13801 (1), 13802 (1), 13803 (1), 13804 (1), 13805 (1), 13806 (1), 13807 (1), UMMZ 180637 (1), 180638 (1), 188128 (1), 196942 (1) and 199645 (1). Distribution: Central America; from eastern Honduras to western Panama, Atlantic and Pacific drainages; ( Nicaragua) WK, Pr, GM, KP, Es, BF, IM, To, Sa, SJ, RF and LN (Atlantic); 3–600 masl; Sec, Pot. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2020), population trend stable. Literature: Astorqui (1975: 105; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Villa (1982: 128; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 192; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), van den Berghe (2015: 34, as Alfari cultratus —misspelled; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 54; 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.