Published November 27, 2023 | Version v1
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Astyanax orstedii Eigenmann 1908

  • 1. Escuela de Biología, Museo de Zoología / Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ecología Tropical (CIBET) and Centro de
  • 2. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 480 Wilson Rd # 13, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA joel. t. betts @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6018 - 8995
  • 3. Unidad de Gestión Técnica de Proyectos - Oficina de Relaciones Internacionales y de Cooperación Externa (ORICE / UGETEP),
  • 4. Universidad Americana (UAM, Costado Noroeste Camino de Oriente, Managua, Nicaragua edgar. ecologica @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8148 - 3195
  • 5. Department of Environment and Development, Zamorano Biodiversity Center. Zamorano University of Tegucigalpa, P. O. Box 93, Honduras evandenberghe @ zamorano. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7566 - 0415
  • 6. Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH). Chicago, Illinois, United States of America delias @ fieldmuseum. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4215 - 0384 cmcmahan @ fieldmuseum. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2113 - 8554

Description

Astyanax orstedii Eigenmann 1908 (Fig 7B). Costa Rican Tetra; Sardina, Sardina de Río, Sardinilla, Sabalete, Sábalo, Sardina Común, Plateada, Machaca, Coliroja, Picaculo, Golosa, Tetra, Mojarra

Vouchers: UCR1062-001 (28). Distribution: Central America; from southern Nicaragua to western Panama,Atlantic and Pacific drainages; (Nicaragua) To, Sa, SJ, RF, LN (Atlantic), Ne, ER, PN and Ni (Pacific); 0–710 masl; Pri, Pot. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2020), population trend stable. Literature: Meek (1907: 108, as A. aeneus, in part—misidentification; brief description, including an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Fowler (1923: 26, as A. aeneus, in part—misidentification; brief description, including information on distribution), Astorqui (1975: 81, as A. fasciatus, in part—misidentification; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Villa (1982: 101, as A. fasciatus, in part—misidentification; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 79, as A. aeneus, in part—misidentification; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Schmitter-Soto (2017: 1398; redescription, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Angulo et al. (2018: 1867; identification key and information on distribution) and Angulo (2021: 26; listed, including information on distribution).

Notes

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

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References

  • Meek, S. E. (1907) Synopsis of the fishes of the Great Lakes of Nicaragua. Field Columbian Museum Zoological Series, 7, 97 - 132. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 3761
  • Fowler, H. W. (1923) Fishes from Nicaragua. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 75, 23 - 32.
  • Villa, J. (1982) Peces nicaraguenses de agua dulce. Editorial Union Cardoza y Cia. Ltda, Managua, 253 pp.
  • Bussing, W. A. (1998). Freshwater fishes of Costa Rica. Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose´, Costa Rica, 468 pp.
  • Schmitter-Soto, J. J. (2017) A revision of Astyanax (Characiformes: Characidae) in Central and North America, with the description of nine new species. Journal of Natural History, 51, 23 - 24, 1331 - 1424. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933.2017.1324050
  • Angulo, A., Santos, A. C., Lopez, M., Langeani, F. & McMahan, C. D. (2018) A new species of Astyanax (Characiformes: Characidae) from Costa Rica and Panama, with a key to the lower Central American species of the genus. Journal of Fish Biology, 92 (6), 1866 - 1887. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jfb. 13626
  • Angulo, A. (2021) New records and range extensions to the Costa Rican freshwater fish fauna, with an updated checklist. Zootaxa, 5083 (1), 1 - 72, https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5083.1.1