Hyphessobrycon tortuguerae Böhlke 1958. Tortuguero Tetra; Sardina, Sardinita, Tetra, Tetra de Tortuguero, Sardinita de Tortuguero Vouchers: UCR 0539-007 (1), 0542-007 (1), 0547-005 (1), 1051-010 (2), 1053-005 (1) and 1054-014 (70); LSUMZ 17143 (205); other collections: ANSP 169233 (1), CAS 61541 (1), 61368 (4), 61379 (7), LACM 2470 (7), UMMZ 188248 (1), 199631 (1), 199643 (1) and 199654 (1). Distribution: Central America; from eastern Honduras to northern Costa Rica, Atlantic drainages; (Nicaragua) Es, To, Sa, SJ, RF and LN (Atlantic); 9–50 masl; Pri, Pot. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2020), population trend stable. Literature: Astorqui (1975: 78; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Villa (1982: 105; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 110; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), González-Alemán (2006: 45, as Hyphessobrycon panamensis Durbin 1908 —misidentification; brief description, including an illustration, and information on distribution and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 27; 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 25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5376.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10208788