Continental fishes of Nicaragua: diversity, distribution and conservation status; with an annotated and illustrated checklist of species and an identification guide to families Author Angulo, Arturo Escuela de Biología, Museo de Zoología / Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ecología Tropical (CIBET) and Centro de Author Betts, Joel T. 0000-0002-6018-8995 Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 480 Wilson Rd # 13, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA joel. t. betts @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6018 - 8995 joel.t.betts@gmail.com Author González-Alemán, Néstor J. Unidad de Gestión Técnica de Proyectos - Oficina de Relaciones Internacionales y de Cooperación Externa (ORICE / UGETEP), Author Castañeda, Edgar 0000-0001-8148-3195 Universidad Americana (UAM, Costado Noroeste Camino de Oriente, Managua, Nicaragua edgar. ecologica @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8148 - 3195 edgar.ecologica@gmail.com Author Berghe, Eric Van Den 0000-0001-7566-0415 Department of Environment and Development, Zamorano Biodiversity Center. Zamorano University of Tegucigalpa, P. O. Box 93, Honduras evandenberghe @ zamorano. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7566 - 0415 evandenberghe@zamorano.edu Author Elías, Diego J. Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH). Chicago, Illinois, United States of America delias @ fieldmuseum. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4215 - 0384 cmcmahan @ fieldmuseum. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2113 - 8554 delias@fieldmuseum.org Author Mcmahan, Caleb D. Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH). Chicago, Illinois, United States of America delias @ fieldmuseum. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4215 - 0384 cmcmahan @ fieldmuseum. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2113 - 8554 delias@fieldmuseum.org Author Matamoros, Wilfredo A. wilmatamoros@yahoo.com text Zootaxa 2023 2023-11-27 5376 1 1 89 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5376.1.1/52351 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5376.1.1 1175-5334 10208788 9ECCB3F7-5481-47C2-8A5A-E9A3F38C31BA Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes 1847 ( Fig. 6F ). Tarpon, Atlantic Tarpon; Sábalo, Sábalo Real, Tarpón, Tarpón del Atlántico Vouchers: UCR 1091-001 (1) and 1092-001 (1). Distribution: Atlantic and Eastern Pacific oceans; from southern Nova Scotia, Canada, to southern Brazil in the western Atlantic, from southern France to Angola in the eastern Atlantic and from southern Guatemala to southern Colombia in the Eastern Pacific; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; ( Nicaragua ) Co, UI, WK, Pr, GM, KP, Es, BF, IM, To, Sa, SJ, RF and LN (Atlantic); 0–31 masl ; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; VU A2bd (2019), population trend decreasing. Literature: Meek (1907: 111 , as Tarpon atlanticus —synonym; brief description, including an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Astorqui (1975: 93; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Villa (1982: 77 , as T. atlanticus —synonym; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 61 ; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), González-Alemán (2006: 81; brief description, including an illustration, and information on distribution and ecology), Gros & Miguel-Frithz (2010: 153 ; brief description, including illustrations, and information on distribution and ecology, plus indigenous science and ethnoichthyology), Robertson & Allen (2015: 2522 ; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), van den Berghe (2015: 36 ; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology), Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 2522 ; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Castellanos-Galindo et al. (2019: 401 ; information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 20 ; listed, including information on distribution).