Family Carangidae Rafinesque 1815 (Fig. 4B). Jacks, Amberjacks, Crevalles, Jack-Mackerels, Leatherjackets, Lookdowns, Pilot-Fishes, Pompanos, Scads, Trevallies; Jureles, Palometas, Zapateros, Pámpanos, Cocineros, Jorobados, Orquetas, Hojaranes, Chicharros, Macarelas, Caballas, Casabes, Peces Piloto, Jureles Cuero Description: Body robust, but generally compressed (ranging from very deep to fusiform); up to 130 cm in length; scales generally cycloid, small, ctenoid in a few species (scales on the posterior portion of the lateral line are usually modified into spiny scutes), naked areas variously developed; up to nine detached finlets sometimes present behind dorsal and anal fins; two dorsal fins in large juveniles and adults, the first one with 4–8 spines (which in a few species are very short and lack a continuous membrane) and the second one with one spine and 17–44 soft rays; usually three anal spines with the first two (rarely only one) detached from the rest of the anal fin and usually 15–39 soft rays; caudal peduncle slender; caudal fin widely forked; generally silvery in color (Robertson & Allen 2015, Nelson et al. 2016). Distribution: Marine, rarely brackish or freshwaster; Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans (Nelson et al. 2016). Four genera and ten species in Nicaraguan freshwaters.

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 44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5376.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10208788