Astyanax bransfordii (Gill 1877) (Fig. 7A). Longjaw Tetra; Sardina, Sardina Picuda, Picuda, Sábalo, Sabalete, Sardina Hocicuda, Sardina Dientona Vouchers: UCR 0024-001 (4), 0061-001 (1), 0063-005 (3), 0535-001 (6), 0542-004 (4), 0552-004 (2), 1051-017 (4), 1065-002 (4), 1066-006 (1) and 3122-003 (2); FMNH 5919 (18), 5920 (2), 5921 (1), 5922 (1), 33077 (1), 33078 (1), 33079 (1), 33080 (1), 33081 (1), 33082 (1), 33083 (1) and 105091 (1); LSUMZ 15475 (8); other collections: CAS 61538 (1), IBUNAM 13684 (1), TCWC 249201 (3), UF 93555 (1) and UMMZ 180608 (1). Distribution: Central America; from southwestern Nicaragua to northern Costa Rica, Atlantic drainages; (Nicaragua) Es, To, Sa, SJ, RF and LN (Atlantic); 4–87 masl; Pri, Pot. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; NT B1ab(iii) (2020), population trend stable. Literature: Meek (1907: 110, as Bramocharax bransfordii —synonym, also as Bramocharax elongatus (Meek, 1097) —synonym; brief description, including an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Astorqui (1975: 74, as B. bransfordii —synonym; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Villa (1982: 102, as B. bransfordii —synonym; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 88, as B. bransfordii —synonym; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), González-Alemán (2006: 39, as B. bransfordii — synonym; brief description, including an illustration, and information on distribution and ecology), Schmitter-Soto (2017: 41; redescription, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Angulo et al. (2018: 1867; identification key and information on distribution) and Angulo (2021: 25; listed, including information on distribution).

Published as part of Angulo, Arturo, Betts, Joel T., González-Alemán, Néstor J., Castañeda, Edgar, Berghe, Eric Van Den, Elías, Diego J., Mcmahan, Caleb D. & Matamoros, Wilfredo A., 2023, Continental fishes of Nicaragua: diversity, distribution and conservation status; with an annotated and illustrated checklist of species and an identification guide to families, pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 5376 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5376.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10208788