Centropomus ensiferus Poey 1860. Swordspine Snook; Róbalo de Espolón, Kalwa Vouchers: LSUMZ 15312 (1), 15332 (9), 15343 (3) and 15368 (31). Distribution: Western Atlantic Ocean; from southern Florida, USA, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; (Nicaragua) Pr, GM and Es (Atlantic); 0–11 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2019), population trend unknown. Literature: Villa (1982: 161; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), González-Alemán (2006: 27; brief description, including an illustration, and information on distribution and ecology), van den Berghe (2015: 46, as Centropomus robalito —misidentification; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology), Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 3457; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 40; listed, including 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 39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5376.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10208788