Bryconidae Eigenmann 1912

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

Family Bryconidae Eigenmann 1912 ( Fig. 3A ). Machacas, Macabí Tetras, Bryconids; Machacas, Sábalos, Sabaletes

Description: Body elongate, robust and slightly rounded to fusiform; up to 70 cm in length; snout blunt, prominent; upper jaw projecting well beyond the tip of the lower jaw in most species, upper jaw with 3 rows of multicuspid teeth; fins spine-less; adipose fin present; caudal fin forked; usually silvery in color ( Angulo & Gracián-Negrete 2013, Angulo et al. 2021). Distribution: Freshwater; southern Mexico to Argentina ( Angulo & Gracián-Negrete 2013, Nelson et al. 2016). One genus and two species in Nicaraguan freshwaters.

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FIGURE 3. Families of continental fishes of Nicaragua, part 2; Bryconidae (A), Characidae (B), Gymnotidae (C), Loricariidae (D), Heptapteridae (E), Ariidae (F), Batrachoididae (G), Syngnathidae (H), Eleotridae (I), Gobiidae (J), Synbranchidae (K), Centropomidae (L), Polynemidae (M) and Paralichthyidae (N). Illustrations adapted (with permission) from Nelson et al. (2016) and Angulo et al. (2021).