Fishes from the Tirimbina Biological Reserve, La Virgen de Sarapiquí, Heredia, Costa Rica
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Angulo, Arturo
Author
Naranjo-Elizondo, Beatriz
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Rojas, Emmanuel
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Ley-López, Juan Manuel
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2017-10-27
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/13.5.683
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10.15560/13.5.683
1809-127X
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Hypsophrys nicaraguensis
(
Günther 1864: 153
)
;
Butterfly cichlid (En), Moga amarilla (Sp)
Figure 6B
Body moderately elongate and deep; predorsal profile of head usually curved, snout convex, rarely pointed; mouth inferior, usually ventral; teeth of outer rows compressed antero-posteriorly (incisors), at least at the tip; lateral line conspicuous, divided into 2 straight overlapping sections; fins with strong spines; a single dorsal fin; anal fin spines 6–9; caudal fin truncate; general coloration grayish yellow, with the mid-body usually with a large black blotch on the mid-side crossed or not by a dark lat- eral stripe; upper portion of the snout usually yellowish or in some adult specimens grayish blue-green, without black stripes joining the eyes; iris usually yellowish; fins usually grayish yellow; maximum body length ca
165 mm
SL.