Published November 27, 2023 | Version v1
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Herotilapia multispinosa

  • 1. Escuela de Biología, Museo de Zoología / Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ecología Tropical (CIBET) and Centro de
  • 2. 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
  • 3. Unidad de Gestión Técnica de Proyectos - Oficina de Relaciones Internacionales y de Cooperación Externa (ORICE / UGETEP),
  • 4. Universidad Americana (UAM, Costado Noroeste Camino de Oriente, Managua, Nicaragua edgar. ecologica @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8148 - 3195
  • 5. 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
  • 6. 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

Description

Herotilapia multispinosa (Günther 1867). Rainbow Cichlid; Mojarra, Mojarra Arcoiris, Cholesca, Tilapia

Vouchers: UCR 0447-003 (5), 0478-001 (3), 0536-006 (3), 0546-005 (14), 0549-004 (7), 1051-007 (2), 1052-005 (0), 1054-006 (8), 1055-013 (2) and 3115-006 (1); FMNH 6001 (1), 6002 (1), 6003 (39), 6004 (11) and 52525 (3); LSUMZ 15364 (26), 15445 (1), 15454 (4), 15461 (4) and 15471 (2); other collections: CAS 28489 (140), 61376 (15), 61381 (3), 76029 (1), IBUNAM 13739 (1), MNHN 2001-1173 (1), UMMZ 180621 (1) and 213939 (1). Distribution: Central America; from eastern Honduras to northeastern Costa Rica, Atlantic and Pacific drainages; (Nicaragua) WK, Es, BF, IM, To, Sa, SJ, RF, LN (Atlantic) and Ne (Pacific); 2–75 masl; Sec, Pot. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2020), population trend unknown. Literature: Meek (1907: 131; brief description, including an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Astorqui (1975: 144; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Villa (1982: 202; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 351; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), González-Alemán (2006: 59; brief description, including an illustration, and information on distribution and ecology), Schmitter-Soto (2007: 30, as Archocentrus multispinosus —synonym; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), van den Berghe (2015: 32; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology), Angulo (2021: 49; listed, including information on distribution) and Angulo & San Gil-León (2022: e4029; identification key and information on distribution).

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 5376 (1) on page 52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5376.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10208788

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References

  • Meek, S. E. (1907) Synopsis of the fishes of the Great Lakes of Nicaragua. Field Columbian Museum Zoological Series, 7, 97 - 132. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 3761
  • Villa, J. (1982) Peces nicaraguenses de agua dulce. Editorial Union Cardoza y Cia. Ltda, Managua, 253 pp.
  • Bussing, W. A. (1998). Freshwater fishes of Costa Rica. Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose´, Costa Rica, 468 pp.
  • Schmitter-Soto, J. J. (2007) A systematic revision of the genus Archocentrus (Perciformes: Cichlidae), with the description of two new genera and six new species. Zootaxa, 1603 (1), 1, 1 - 76. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1603.1.1
  • van den Berghe, E. (2015) Peces de la cuenca del ri´o Punta Gorda, vertiente del Caribe de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Biodiversidad, 3, 1 - 55. [http: // www. bio-nica. info / RevNicaBiodiv / 03 - VandenBerghe-PecesPuntaGorda-final. pdf]
  • Angulo, A. (2021) New records and range extensions to the Costa Rican freshwater fish fauna, with an updated checklist. Zootaxa, 5083 (1), 1 - 72, https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5083.1.1
  • Angulo, A. & San Gil-Leon, J. (2022) Claves para la identificacion de los peces de las aguas continentales e insulares de Costa Rica. Parte II: Cichliformes, Cichlidae (Mojarras, Guapotes, Tilapias y afines). 1740280795 UNED Research Journal, 14 (2), e 4029. https: // doi. org / 10.22458 / urj. v 14 i 2.4029