FB-68799 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68799 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Characiformes Acestrorhamphidae Astyanax Astyanax macal Schmitter-Soto, 2017 2018-09-26 2021-09-16 Schmitter-Soto, J.J.0 A revision of <i>Astyanax</i> (Characiformes: Characidae) in Central and North America, with the description of nine new species. J. Nat. Hist. 51(23/24):1-94. (Ref. 118583) FB-DiagnosticDescr-68808 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2018-10-16 00:00:00 2018-10-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68808 Astyanax ocotal is distinguished from other congeners in the region by the following characters: head length, 29-33% SL (vs. 22- 28% in A. angustifrons and A. finitimus, to 30% in A. aeneus); anal-fin base length, 26% SL or less (vs. 26% or more in A. aeneus and A. finitimus); lower-limb gill rakers in first arch, 15-16 (vs. 14 or fewer in A. angustifrons and A. finitimus); urohyal, ventral apex closer to caudal end (vs. about equidistant between rostral and caudal ends in A. finitimus); epibranchial III, distal segment straight (vs. curved in A. finitimus); preopercle with divergent canals at angle (vs. canals parallel in A. angustifrons); coracoid with 4-5 interdigitations in suture to cleithrum (vs. 2-3 in A. angustifrons) (Ref. 118583). Schmitter-Soto, J.J. 2017 A revision of <i>Astyanax</i> (Characiformes: Characidae) in Central and North America, with the description of nine new species. J. Nat. Hist. 51(23/24):1-94. (Ref. 118583) FB-Morphology-68808 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2018-10-16 00:00:00 2018-10-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68808 Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analsoft rays: 22 - 24; Vertebrae: 31 Schmitter-Soto, J.J. 2017 A revision of <i>Astyanax</i> (Characiformes: Characidae) in Central and North America, with the description of nine new species. J. Nat. Hist. 51(23/24):1-94. (Ref. 118583) FB-Distribution-68808 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2018-10-16 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68808 Central America: Lakes Ocotal and Metzabok, and Río Tulijá in northern Chiapas, Mexico. Schmitter-Soto, J.J. 2017 A revision of <i>Astyanax</i> (Characiformes: Characidae) in Central and North America, with the description of nine new species. J. Nat. Hist. 51(23/24):1-94. (Ref. 118583) FB-Size-68808 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2018-10-16 00:00:00 2018-10-16 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68808 10.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 118583)) Schmitter-Soto, J.J. 2017 A revision of <i>Astyanax</i> (Characiformes: Characidae) in Central and North America, with the description of nine new species. J. Nat. Hist. 51(23/24):1-94. (Ref. 118583) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-68808 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2018-10-16 00:00:00 2018-10-16 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68808 benthopelagic; freshwater