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 Vieja maculicauda (Regan 1905) ( Fig. 9B ). Blackbelt Cichlid; Vieja, Mojarra, Pis Pis, Tuba, Mojarra de Estero, Palometa, Mojarra Azul, Tilapia Vouchers: UCR 0361-003 (1), 0362-001 (1), 0457-008 (2), 1003-002 (1) and 1083-001 (1); FMNH 5979 (1); LSUMZ 15303 (10), 15317 (7), 15340 (54), 15351 (3), 15372 (1), 15425 (1), 15444 (1), 17145 (1) and 17154 (1); other collections: IBUNAM 13771 (1), UMMZ 188311 (1), 188312 (1), 196949 (1), 196953 (1) and 199662 (1). Distribution: Central America; from southern Belize to central Panama, Atlantic and Pacific (Canal zone in Panama) drainages; ( Nicaragua ) Co, UI, WK, Pr, GM, KP, Es, BF, IM, To, Sa, SJ, RF and LN (Atlantic); 0–115 masl ; Sec, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2019), population trend unknown. Literature: Meek (1907: 128 , as Cichlasoma nigritum ( Meek 1907 ) —misidentification; brief description, including an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Villa (1982: 195 , as Cichlasoma maculicauda — synonym; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 380 ; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), González-Alemán (2006: 63; brief description, including an illustration, and information on distribution and ecology), Gros & Miguel-Frithz (2010: 53 ; brief description, including illustrations, and information on distribution and ecology, plus indigenous science and ethnoichthyology), Robertson & Allen (2015: 4696 ; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), van den Berghe (2015: 34 ; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology), McMahan et al. (2016: 1; information on historical and current distribution, with a map), Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 4696 ; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Angulo (2021: 51 ; listed, including information on distribution), Ardon et al. (2022: 1 ; body shape variability) and Angulo & San Gil-León (2022 : e4029; identification key and information on distribution).