Hyphessobrycon tortuguerae

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CHARACIFORMES	CHARACIDAE

Scientific Name:

Hyphessobrycon tortuguerae

Species Authority:

Böhlke, 1958

Common Name/s:

English	–	Tortuguero Tetra
Spanish	–	Sardinita

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2009
Assessor/s:	Snoeks, J., Laleye, P. & Contreras-MacBeath, T.
Reviewer/s:	Collen, B., Darwall, W., Ram, M. & Smith, K. (SRLI Freshwater Fish Evaluation Workshop)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Assessed as Least Concern due to its fairly large distribution and the lack of any known major widespread threats to this species.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs on the Atlantic versant between the Patuca River in Honduras, through Nicaragua, to the San Juan and Tortuguero rivers in northern Costa Rica. It has also been recorded from Lake Managua (Miller and Carr 1974).
Countries:	Native: Costa Rica; Nicaragua (Nicaragua (mainland))
Range Map:	Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.

Population [top]

Population:	The population appears to be currently stable, although detailed information is unknown.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	H. tortuguerae is a benthopelagic species that inhabits backwaters and creeks, between elevations of 0-50 m, with a low or moderate current. Although the type material was taken from an estuary, this species is essentially riverine (Miller and Carr 1974).
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no known major threats to the rivers of the Atlantic versant of Nicaragua, where the majority of H. tortuguerae's range lies.

Major Threat(s):

There are no known major threats to the rivers of the Atlantic versant of Nicaragua, where the majority of H. tortuguerae's range lies.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no conservation measures in place.

Conservation Actions:

There are no conservation measures in place.

Bibliography [top]

	Anon. 2000. Fish collection database of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL), Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Bussing, W.A. 1998. Peces de las aguas continentales de Costa Rica [Freshwater fishes of Costa Rica]. Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica. Froese, R. and Pauly, D. 2006. FishBase. Available at: www.fishbase.org. Géry, J. 1977. Characoids of the world. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. IUCN. 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2009.2). Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 3 November 2009). Lima, F.C.T., Malabarba, L.R., Buckup, P.A., Pezzi da Silva, J.F., Vari, R.P., Harold, A., Benine, R., Oyakawa, O.T., Pavanelli, C.S., Menezes, N.A., Lucena, C.A.S., Malabarba, M.C.S.L., Lucena, Z.M.S., Reis, R.E., Langeani, F., Cassati, L. and Bertaco, V.A. 2003. Genera Incertae Sedis in Characidae. In: R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds), Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America, pp. 106-168. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. Miller, R.R. and Carr, A. 1974. Systematics and distribution of some freshwater fishes from Honduras and Nicaragua. Copeia. Wu, H.L., Shao, K.T. and Lai, C.F. 1999. Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan.

Anon. 2000. Fish collection database of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL), Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

Bussing, W.A. 1998. Peces de las aguas continentales de Costa Rica [Freshwater fishes of Costa Rica]. Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.

Froese, R. and Pauly, D. 2006. FishBase. Available at: www.fishbase.org.

Géry, J. 1977. Characoids of the world. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey.

IUCN. 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2009.2). Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 3 November 2009).

Lima, F.C.T., Malabarba, L.R., Buckup, P.A., Pezzi da Silva, J.F., Vari, R.P., Harold, A., Benine, R., Oyakawa, O.T., Pavanelli, C.S., Menezes, N.A., Lucena, C.A.S., Malabarba, M.C.S.L., Lucena, Z.M.S., Reis, R.E., Langeani, F., Cassati, L. and Bertaco, V.A. 2003. Genera Incertae Sedis in Characidae. In: R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds), Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America, pp. 106-168. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.

Miller, R.R. and Carr, A. 1974. Systematics and distribution of some freshwater fishes from Honduras and Nicaragua. Copeia.

Wu, H.L., Shao, K.T. and Lai, C.F. 1999. Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan.

Citation:	Snoeks, J., Laleye, P. & Contreras-MacBeath, T. 2009. Hyphessobrycon tortuguerae. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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