Belonesox belizanus Kner 1860 (Fig. 9F). Top Minnow, Pike Killifish; Gasparcillo, Aguja, Pepesca Gaspar, Olomina Picuda, Picuda, Alumina Picuda, Pepesca Vouchers: UCR 0267-006 (3), 1004-002 (1), 1050-001 (1), 1052-006 (2), 1054-001 (22) and 1062-012 (1); LSUMZ 15306 (1), 15322 (4), 15339 (2), 15369 (4), 15380 (2) and 15389 (1); other collections: IBUNAM 13809 (1), UMMZ 199624 (1), 199634 (1), 199646 (1), 199656 (1). Distribution: North and Central America; from southern Mexico to northern Costa Rica, Atlantic drainages; (Nicaragua) Co, UI, WK, Pr, GM, KP, Es, BF, IM, To, Sa, SJ, RF and LN (Atlantic); 0–40 masl; Sec, Pot. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2019), population trend unknown. Literature: Astorqui (1975: 104; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Villa (1982: 129; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 194; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 54; 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 59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5376.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10208788