Herotilapia multispinosa (Günther 1867). Rainbow Cichlid; Mojarra, Mojarra Arcoiris, Cholesca, Tilapia Vouchers: UCR 0447-003 (5), 0478-001 (3), 0536-006 (3), 0546-005 (14), 0549-004 (7), 1051-007 (2), 1052-005 (0), 1054-006 (8), 1055-013 (2) and 3115-006 (1); FMNH 6001 (1), 6002 (1), 6003 (39), 6004 (11) and 52525 (3); LSUMZ 15364 (26), 15445 (1), 15454 (4), 15461 (4) and 15471 (2); other collections: CAS 28489 (140), 61376 (15), 61381 (3), 76029 (1), IBUNAM 13739 (1), MNHN 2001-1173 (1), UMMZ 180621 (1) and 213939 (1). Distribution: Central America; from eastern Honduras to northeastern Costa Rica, Atlantic and Pacific drainages; (Nicaragua) WK, Es, BF, IM, To, Sa, SJ, RF, LN (Atlantic) and Ne (Pacific); 2–75 masl; Sec, Pot. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2020), population trend unknown. Literature: Meek (1907: 131; brief description, including an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Astorqui (1975: 144; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Villa (1982: 202; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 351; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), González-Alemán (2006: 59; brief description, including an illustration, and information on distribution and ecology), Schmitter-Soto (2007: 30, as Archocentrus multispinosus —synonym; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), van den Berghe (2015: 32; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology), Angulo (2021: 49; 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 52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5376.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10208788