Fishes from the Tirimbina Biological Reserve, La Virgen de Sarapiquí, Heredia, Costa Rica
Author
Angulo, Arturo
Author
Naranjo-Elizondo, Beatriz
Author
Rojas, Emmanuel
Author
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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Astyanax bransfordii
(
Gill 1877: 190
)
; Longjaw tetra
(En), Sardina picuda (Sp)
Figure 2A
Bramocharax bransfordii
(
Gill 1877
)
: 190—Angulo et al. (2013): 991. Body elongate and moderately deep; snout length about equal or usually larger than eye diameter; both jaws of equal length, usually elongate; premaxillary teeth unicuspid and enlarged; nape usually convex or straight; fins without strong spines; a single dorsal fin; adipose fin present, its base shorter than the base of the dorsal fin; caudal fin forked; general coloration white silvery, darker dorsally, usually olive gray, and paler, usually white, ventrally, with a gray lateral band; caudal blotch black and rhomboid, mainly on peduncle and caudal fin base; fins usually transparent, in some specimens, the anal fin can be (partially) light red or rose and the caudal fin orange or red with the middle rays black; maximum body length ca
150 mm
SL.