Lake Nicaragua
Lake Nicaragua is known locally as Cocibolca.
In the publication’Fishes of Cocibolca, the great Central American lake‘, researchers have included a list of fish species currently present in the lake.
Below you will find the list of species that we have not yet included in the database. Below, with photo, the species that have already been added.
- Alfaro cultratus
- Amatitlania nigrofasciata
- Amatitlania septemfasciata
- Amphilophus citrinellus
- Amphilophus labiatus
- Archocentrus centrarchus
- Astyanax aeneus
- Astyanax bransfordii
- Astyanax cocibolca
- Astyanax nasutus
- Atherinella sardina
- Atractosteus tropicus
- Belonesox belizanus
- Brachyrhaphis holdridgei
- Brycon guatemalensis
- Carcharhinus leucas
- Carlana eigenmanni
- Centropomus parallelus
- Cribroheros longimanus
- Cribroheros rostratus
- Cryptoheros spilurus
- Cynodonichthys isthmensis
- Dorosoma chavesi
- Gambusia nicaraguensis
- Gobiomorus dormitor
- Gobiomorus maculatus
- Herotilapia multispinosa
- Hyphessobrycon tortuguerae
- Hypsophrys nematopus
- Hypsophrys nicaraguensis
- Megalops atlanticus
- Parachromis dovii
- Parachromis friedrichsthalii
- Parachromis managuensis
- Phallichthys amates
- Phallichthys tico
- Poecilia gillii
- Poeciliopsis turrubarensis
- Pomadasys croco
- Pristis pectinata
- Pristis pristis
- Rhamdia quelen
- Rhamdia nicaraguensis
- Roeboides bouchellei
- Roeboides guatemalensis
- Synbranchus marmoratus
- Vieja maculicauda
- Xenophallus umbratilis
Unfortunately, 4 invasive species have also been found:
- Hypostomus sp.
- Oreochromis niloticus
- Oreochromis mossambicus
- Oreochromis aureus
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