Astyanax bransfordii (Gill 1877)

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 : 22

Astyanax bransfordii (Gill 1877) ( Fig. 7A ). Longjaw Tetra; Sardina, Sardina Picuda, Picuda, Sábalo, Sabalete, Sardina Hocicuda, Sardina Dientona

Vouchers: UCR 0024-001 (4), 0061-001 (1), 0063-005 (3), 0535-001 (6), 0542-004 (4), 0552-004 (2), 1051-017 (4), 1065-002 (4), 1066-006 (1) and 3122-003 (2); FMNH 5919 (18), 5920 (2), 5921 (1), 5922 (1), 33077 (1), 33078 (1), 33079 (1), 33080 (1), 33081 (1), 33082 (1), 33083 (1) and 105091 (1); LSUMZ 15475 (8); other collections: CAS 61538 (1), IBUNAM 13684 (1), TCWC 249201 (3), UF 93555 (1) and UMMZ 180608 (1). Distribution: Central America; from southwestern Nicaragua to northern Costa Rica, Atlantic drainages; ( Nicaragua) Es, To, Sa, SJ, RF and LN (Atlantic); 4–87 masl; Pri, Pot. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; NT B1ab(iii) (2020), population trend stable. Literature: Meek (1907: 110, as Bramocharax bransfordii —synonym, also as Bramocharax elongatus (Meek, 1097) —synonym; brief description, including an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Astorqui (1975: 74, as B. bransfordii —synonym; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Villa (1982: 102, as B. bransfordii —synonym; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 88, as B. bransfordii —synonym; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), González-Alemán (2006: 39, as B. bransfordii — synonym; brief description, including an illustration, and information on distribution and ecology), Schmitter-Soto (2017: 41; redescription, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Angulo et al. (2018: 1867; identification key and information on distribution) and Angulo (2021: 25; listed, including information on distribution).

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FIGURE 7. Continental fishes of Nicaragua, part 2; (A) Astyanax bransfordii (Characidae), San Juan River (SJ), photo by Arturo Angulo, November 12, 2018; (B) Astyanax nicaraguensis (Characidae), Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April-May 2013; (C) Eretmobrycon scleroparius (Characidae), San Juan River (SJ), photo by Arturo Angulo, November 12, 2018; (D) Gymnotus maculosus (Gymnotidae), Tributary of the Sarapiquí River (Sa), photo by Arturo Angulo, November 11, 2018; (E) Hypostomus cf. niceforoi (Loricariidae), Río Frío (RF), photo by Jose Carlos Carrasco, September 8, 2021; (F) Rhamdia guatemalensis (Heptapteridae), Puerto Príncipe, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 28, 2014; (G) Bagre filamentosus (Ariidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, November-December 2013; (H) Batrachoides surinamensis (Batrachoididae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 24, 2014; (I) Microphis lineatus (Syngnathidae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 6, 2014; (J) Eleotris perniger (Eleotridae), Punta Gorda, Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 6, 2014; (K) Gobiomorus dormitor (Eleotridae), Pejibaye, Blue Fields- Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 19, 2014; (L) Hemieleotris latifasciata (Eleotridae), San Juan del Sur, Nicoya (Ni), photo by Arturo Angulo, November 8, 2018; (M) Awaous banana (Gobiidae), Blue Fields-Punta Gorda (BF), photo by Eric P. van den Berghe, April 5, 2014; (N-O) Synbranchus marmoratus (Synbranchidae), Tributary of the Sarapiquí River (Sa), photo by Arturo Angulo, November 11, 2018.