Archocentrus centrarchus (Gill 1877). Flier Cichlid; Mojarra, Mojarra Rayada, Carate Vouchers: UCR 0024-002 (2), 0538-003 (6), 0546-004 (8), 0548-005 (19), 0595-001 (10), 1003-001 (1), 1054- 002 (35), 3115-010 (1) and 3134-014 (1); FMNH 5980 (3), 5981 (1), 5982 (62), 5983 (18) and 52528 (4); LSUMZ 15438 (9), 15453 (73) and 15463 (8); other collections: CAS 76226 (1), 61395 (2), 61535 (4), 61845 (1), IBUNAM 13704 (1), 13705 (1), 13706 (1), 13707 (1), KU 18723 (1), 22696 (1), LACM 2471 (1), MNHN 2001-1172 (2), TU 202730 (2), UMMZ 180612 (1), 224131 (1) and YPM-ICH 009428 (47). Distribution: Central America; from southern Honduras to northern Costa Rica, Atlantic and Pacific drainages; (Nicaragua) SJ, RF, LN (Atlantic), ER and PN (Pacific); 4–78 masl; Sec, Pot. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2020), population trend unknown. Literature: Meek (1907: 126, as Cichlasoma centrarchus —synonym; brief description, including an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Astorqui (1975: 132, as C. centrarchus —synonym; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Villa (1982: 189, as C. centrarchus —synonym; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 336; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), González-Alemán (2006: 51; brief description, including an illustration, and information on distribution and ecology), Schmitter-Soto (2007: 12; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Angulo (2021: 48; listed, including information on distribution) and Angulo & San Gil-León (2022: e4029; identification key and information on distribution).

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