Brycon costaricensis Angulo & Gracián-Negrete 2013

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, Zootaxa 5376 (1), pp. 1-89 : 20

Brycon costaricensis Angulo & Gracián-Negrete 2013 ( Fig. 6M ). Costa Rican Machaca, Machaca, Macabí Tetra; Machaca, Sábalo, Sabalete, Machaca del Atlántico, Machaca de Costa Rica

Vouchers: UCR 0265-002 (1), 0268-001 (47), 0457-002 (54), 0461-010 (91), 0551-003 (1), 1051-018 (21), 1052-024 (5), 1055-004 (60), 1059-001 (1), 1065-007 (1), 1068-001 (1), 1086-001 (2), 3115-003 (1) and 3122-006 (1); FMNH 5916 (2), 5917 (2), 5918 (3), 6221 (2) and 85034 (10); LSUMZ 15304 (1); other collections:ANSP 124131 (4), 124139 (3), CAS 61398 (2), 61516 (3), 61758 (2), IBUNAM 13685 (1), LACM 2468 (1), TU 202736 (6), UMMZ 165773 (1), 188127196933 (1), 196934 (1), 196940 (1), 196941 (1), 199621 (1), 199632 (1), 199642 (1), 199644 (1), 199655 (1), 204005 (1) and 204012 (1). Distribution: Central America; from northern Nicaragua to northeastern Costa Rica, Atlantic drainages; ( Nicaragua) Pr, GM, KP, Es, BF, IM, To, Sa, SJ, RF and LN (Atlantic); 5–420 masl; Pri, Pot. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2020), population trend stable. Literature: Meek (1907: 109, as Brycon dentex Günther 1860 —misidentification; brief description, including an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Fowler (1923: 26, as Brycon guatemalensis Regan 1908 —misidentification; brief description, including information on distribution), Astorqui (1975: 89, as B. guatemalensis —misidentification; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Villa (1982: 103, as B. guatemalensis —misidentification; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 92, as B. guatemalensis , in part—misidentification; brief description,including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), González-Alemán (2006: 41, as B. guatemalensis —misidentification; brief description, including an illustration, and information on distribution and ecology), Gros & Miguel-Frithz (2010: 97, as B. guatemalensis —misidentification; brief description, including illustrations, and information on distribution and ecology, plus indigenous science and ethnoichthyology), Angulo & Gracián-Negrete (2013: 255; original description), van den Berghe (2015: 36, as B. guatemalensis —misidentification; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 25; listed, including information on distribution).

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FIGURE 6. Continental fishes of Nicaragua, part 1; (A) Carcharhinus leucas (Carcharhinidae), Lake Nicaragua (LN), photo by Agustín Llanes, May 6, 2020; (B) Pristis pristis (Pristidae), San Juan River (SJ), photo by MARENA, November 17, 2022; (C) Hypanus americanus (Dasyatidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, November- December 2013; (D) Styracura schmardae (Potamotrygonidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 16, 2014; (E) Atractosteus tropicus (Lepisosteidae), Lake Nicaragua (LN), photo by Elías Salas, March 4, 2014; (F) Megalops atlanticus (Megalopidae), Laguna Las Perlas, Kurinwas-Laguna las Perlas (KP), photo by Bruce Williams, June 8, 2017; (G) Anguilla rostrata (Anguillidae), UCR 00448-006, Lamyala, Laguna Las Perlas, Kurinwas-Laguna las Perlas (KP), collected on May 16, 1992; (H) Anchoa panamensis (Engraulidae), UCR 0482-004, San Juan del Sur, Nicoya (Ni), collected on June 8, 1970; (I) Anchovia clupeoides (Engraulidae), UCR 0363-006, Laguna Las Perlas, Kurinwas-Laguna las Perlas (KP), collected on April 2, 1969; (J) Odontognathus compressus (Pristigasteridae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, November-December 2013; (K) Dorosoma chavesi (Dorosomatidae), UCR 0536- 00, Lake Nicaragua (LN), collected on November 23, 1971; (L) Cyprinus carpio (Cyprinidae), Lake Nicaragua (LN), photo by MARENA/El19Digital, November 8, 2016; (M) Brycon costaricensis (Bryconidae), San Juan River (SJ), photo by Arturo Angulo, November 12, 2018.