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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5
683
702
5W8XB
(Bussing 1979: 400)
Bussing
400
1979
[853,1299,393,418]
Actinopterygii
Atherinopsidae
Atherinella
Animalia
Atheriniformes
6
689
Chordata
species
hubbsi
Figure 3D Body very elongate and compressed; 2 dorsal fins; anal fin spine weak and flexible; caudal fin forked; gen- eral coloration light yellowish (almost transparent), dark- er dorsally, usually yellowish olive, and paler, usually white, ventrally, with a conspicuous silver stripe (usually black or dark brown bordered) along the mid-side of the body in both live and preserved specimens; fins usually transparent or light yellow (generally the dorsal and the caudal fins); maximum body length ca 90 mmSL.