Phallichthys tico Bussing 1963. Tico Livebearer; Olomina, Alumina, Pepesca, Olomina Tica Vouchers: UCR 0548-002 (1), 0550-002 (4), 1048-001 (18) and 1051-014 (1). Distribution: Central America; from southern Nicaragua to northern Costa Rica, Atlantic drainages; (Nicaragua) SJ, RF and LN (Atlantic); 25– 35 masl; Sec, Pot. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; VU B1ab(iii) (2020), population trend unknown. Literature: Villa (1982: 132; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 217; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 55; 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 60, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5376.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10208788