TABLE 1 in Continental fishes of Nicaragua: diversity, distribution and conservation status; with an annotated and illustrated checklist of species and an identification guide to families

TABLE 1. Number of genera and species by family and order in the continental waters of Nicaragua, including nonnative taxa. Salinity tolerance (Sal. Tol.) and reference to illustration (i.e., Figure) are also included. An asterisk (*) denotates those families, and the number with respect to the total, with/of non-native taxa. OrderFamilyGeneraSpeciesSal. Tol.FigureCarcharhiniformesCarcharhinidae11Per2ARhinopristiformesPristidae12Per2BMyliobatiformesDasyatidae11Per2CPotamotrygonidae11Per2DLepisosteiformesLepisosteidae11Sec2EElopiformesElopidae12Per2FMegalopidae11Per2GAnguilliformesOphichthidae12Per2HAnguillidae11Per2IClupeiformesEngraulidae313Per2JPristigasteridae11Per2KDorosomatidae45Per2LCypriniformesCyprinidae *1(1)*1(1)*Pri2MCharaciformesBryconidae12Pri3ACharacidae511Pri3BGymnotiformesGymnotidae12Per3CSiluriformesLoricariidae *1(1)*1(1)*Pri3DHeptapteridae13Pri3EAriidae411Per3FBatrachoidiformesBatrachoididae12Per3GSyngnathiformesSyngnathidae24Per3HGobiiformesEleotridae714Per3IGobiidae917Per3JSynbranchiformesSynbranchidae22Sec3KCarangiformesCentropomidae111Per3LPolynemidae13Per3MParalichthyidae13Per3NAchiridae24Per4ACarangidae410Per4BCichliformesCichlidae *13(1)*35(4)*Sec4CPomacentridae11Per4DAtheriniformesAtherinopsidae16Per4ECyprinodontiformesRivulidae11Sec4FPoeciliidae1121Sec4GAnablepidae22Sec4HBeloniformesBelonidae35Per4IHemiramphidae12Per4JMugiliformesMugilidae48Per4KGobiesociformesGobiesocidae12Per4LBlenniiformesDactyloscopidae11Per4MAcanthuriformesLutjanidae18Per4NGerreidae414Per5AHaemulidae46Per5BSciaenidae22Per5CLobotidae11Per5DEphippidae11Per5ETetraodontiformesTetraodontidae12Per5F ...continued on the next page