Fishes from the Tirimbina Biological Reserve, La Virgen de Sarapiquí, Heredia, Costa Rica
Angulo, Arturo
Naranjo-Elizondo, Beatriz
Rojas, Emmanuel
Ley-López, Juan Manuel
Check List
2017
2017-10-27
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683
702
3P4L2
(Gunther 1864: 153)
Gunther
153
1864
[870,1414,543,567]
Actinopterygii
Cichlidae
Hypsophrys
Animalia
Perciformes
11
694
Chordata
species
nicaraguensis
Figure 6B Body moderately elongate and deep; predorsal profile of head usually curved, snout convex, rarely pointed; mouth inferior, usually ventral; teeth of outer rows compressed antero-posteriorly (incisors), at least at the tip; lateral line conspicuous, divided into 2 straight overlapping sections; fins with strong spines; a single dorsal fin; anal fin spines 6–9; caudal fin truncate; general coloration grayish yellow, with the mid-body usually with a large black blotch on the mid-side crossed or not by a dark lat- eral stripe; upper portion of the snout usually yellowish or in some adult specimens grayish blue-green, without black stripes joining the eyes; iris usually yellowish; fins usually grayish yellow; maximum body length ca 165 mmSL.