Check List 11(3): e19264, doi: 10.15560/11.3.1666
Fishes from the Tusubres River basin, Pacific coast, Costa Rica: checklist, identification key and photographic album
expand article infoArturo Angulo Sibaja‡, Alex Molina Arias§, Atsunobu Murase|, Yusuke Miyazaki, William Albert Bussing‡, Myrna Isabel López Sánchez‡
‡ Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica§ Centro de Servicio de Gestión Ambiental, NIC, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, Costa Rica| Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan¶ Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History, Japan

Corresponding author: Arturo Angulo Sibaja ( arturo.angulosibaja@ucr.ac.cr )

© 2017 Arturo Angulo Sibaja, Alex Molina Arias, Atsunobu Murase, Yusuke Miyazaki, William Bussing, Myrna López Sánchez.
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Citation: Bussing W, Angulo Sibaja A, Molina Arias A, Miyazaki Y, Murase A, López M (2015) Fishes from the Tusubres River basin, Pacific coast, Costa Rica: checklist, identification key and photographic album. Check List 11(3): 1666. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.3.1666
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Abstract
A checklist of the fishes of the Tusubres River basin, Pacific coast of Costa Rica, compiled from field and museum surveys is herein presented. A total of 54 species, representing 47 genera and 27 families, were recorded. Peripheral species were dominant (64.8%), followed by secondary freshwater fishes (20.4%); primary freshwater fishes accounted only for 14.8% of the total fish diversity. Eleotridae (6 spp.), Gobiidae (6 spp.), Poeciliidae (5 spp.) and Characidae (4 spp.) were the most diverse. Two species (Caranx sexfasciatus, Carangidae; and Opisthonema libertate, Clupeidae) were new records for Costa Rican freshwaters, and two species (Gymnotus maculosus, Gymnotidae; and Lebiasina boruca, Lebiasinidae) was found to have expanded ranges. An identification key and a complete photographic album of all fish species recorded in the basin are presented. The results of this investigation provide a framework for future studies on biogeography, ecology and conservation on fishes from this area.
Keywords
Central America; ichthyofauna; inventory; new records