Astyanax nicaraguensis Eigenmann & Ogle 1907

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 : 23

Astyanax nicaraguensis Eigenmann & Ogle 1907 ( Fig. 7B ). Nicaraguan Tetra; Sardina, Sardina de Río, Sardinilla, Sabalete, Sábalo, Sardina Común, Plateada, Machaca, Coliroja, Picaculo, Golosa, Tetra, Mojarra, Sardina Nicaraguense

Vouchers: UCR 0024-008 (58), 0052-005 (45), 0063-001 (10), 0182-003 (238), 0183-003 (9), 0184-002 (165), 0242-006 (1), 0265-001 (10), 0267-008 (1), 0268-002 (18), 0269-004 (12), 0273-006 (5), 0274-005 (22), 0275-003 (1), 0447-004 (17), 0448-004 (10), 0457-001 (156), 0458-005 (241), 0460-002 (78), 0461-011 (151), 0462-001 (51), 0464-002 (2), 0467-001 (10), 0473-003 (2), 0536-007 (22), 0546-008 (71), 0547-004 (39), 0548-003 (44), 0549-003 (4), 0550-003 (8), 0551-001 (3), 0552-002 (52), 0553-001 (45), 1001-001 (6), 1002-002 (10), 1003-006 (7), 1004- 007 (6), 1050-006 (2), 1051-001 (32), 1052-009 (42), 1053-011 (77), 1054-008 (5), 1055-002 (203), 1057-001 (3), 1058-004 (1), 1065-001 (112), 1066-004 (63), 3122-004 (1), 3123-001 (2) and 3133-001 (18); FMNH 5911 (71), 5912 (53), 5913 (26), 5914 (2), 5915 (6), 33065 (12), 33857 (86) and 71511 (4); LSUMZ 15305 (14), 15325 (38), 15334 (9), 15352 (14), 15363 (27), 15374 (24), 15384 (3), 15385 (179), 15392 (28), 15420 (30), 15421 (106), 15432 (4), 15449 (12), 15458 (30), 15459 (1), 15466 (40), 15467 (43), 15474 (2), 17142 (21) and 17158 (16). Distribution: Central America; from northern Nicaragua to eastern Costa Rica, Atlantic drainages; ( Nicaragua) Co, UI, WK, Pr, GM, KP, Es, BF, IM, To, Sa, SJ, RF and LN (Atlantic); 0–711 masl; Pri, Pot. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2020), population trend stable. Literature: Meek (1907: 108, as A. aeneus , in part—misidentification; brief description, including an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Fowler (1923: 26, as as A. aeneus , in part—misidentification; brief description, including information on distribution), Astorqui (1975: 81, as Astyanax fasciatus (Cuvier 1819) , in part—misidentification; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Villa (1982: 101, as A. fasciatus (Cuvier 1819) , in part—misidentification; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 79, as A. aeneus , in part—misidentification; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), González-Alemán (2006: 37, as A. aeneus , in part—misidentification; brief description, including an illustration, and information on distribution and ecology), Schmitter-Soto (2017: 1393; redescription, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Gros & Miguel-Frithz (2010: 223, as A. aeneus , in part—misidentification; brief description, including illustrations, and information on distribution and ecology, plus indigenous science and ethnoichthyology), van den Berghe (2015: 35, as A. aeneus —misidentification; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology), Angulo et al. (2018: 1867; identification key and information on distribution) and Angulo (2021: 26; 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.