Fishes from the Tirimbina Biological Reserve, La Virgen de Sarapiquí, Heredia, Costa Rica
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Angulo, Arturo
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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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Roeboides bouchellei
Fowler 1923: 25
; Crystal tetra
(En), Sardinilla (Sp)
Figure 2D
Body moderately elongate and moderately deep, strongly compressed; snout length usually shorter than the eye diameter; both jaws of equal length, not enlarged; 2 pairs of external teeth on premaxillary; nape concave; fins without strong spines; a single dorsal fin; adipose fin present, its base shorter than the base of the dorsal fin; anal fin very long with 42–50 rays; caudal fin forked; general coloration yellowish silver to almost transparent, darker dorsally, usually greenish yellow-green, and paler, usually pearl white, ventrally; fins usually transparent, yellowish (or light orange) in some specimens, and with black margins; maximum body length ca
105 mm
SL.