Platybelone argalus (Lesueur 1821)

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 : 64

Platybelone argalus (Lesueur 1821) . Keeltail Needlefish; Aguja, Agujón de Quilla

Vouchers: Not available. Distribution: Worldwide in tropical and warm temperate seas; with the Western Atlantic Ocean subspecies P. argalus argulus ranging from Virginia, USA, to Suriname; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; ( Nicaragua) BF (Atlantic); 0–5 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2010), population trend stable. Literature: van den Berghe (2015: 40, as Platybelone argalis — misspelled; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology) and Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 3313; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology).