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 Phallichthys amates (Miller 1907) . Merry Widow Livebearer; Olomina, Alumina, Pepesca Vouchers: UCR 0267-003 (32), 0268-007 (20), 0275-005 (20), 0458-010 (15), 0461-002 (12), 1051-013 (8), 1052- 014 (133), 1053-010 (1), 1054-010 (66), 1055-009 (7), 1056-003 (1), 1057-010 (7), 1058-003 (1), 1062-006 (27) and 3225-006 (1); FMNH 84989 (1); LSUMZ 15414 (15); other collections: CUMV 64683 (1), IBUNAM 13820 (1), 13821 (1), 13822 (1), 13823 (1), 13824 (1) and 13825 (1). Distribution: Central America; from eastern Guatemala to western Panama, Atlantic and Pacific drainages; ( Nicaragua ) Co, UI, WK, Pr, GM, KP, Es, BF, IM, To, Sa, SJ and RF (Atlantic); 0–710 masl ; Sec, Pot. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2020), population trend stable. Literature: Villa (1982: 132 ; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 213 ; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Gros & Miguel-Frithz (2010: 237 , as Phallichthys sp. —misidentification; brief description, including illustrations, and information on distribution and ecology, plus indigenous science and ethnoichthyology) and Angulo (2021: 55 ; listed, including information on distribution).