Species that contain: Hyphessobrycon and tortuguerae [ 1 ] records

tortuguerae, Hyphessobrycon Böhlke [J. E.] 1958:173, Fig. 1 [Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences v. 3 (no. 4); ref. 12051] Río Tortugero (Lagoon), 2 miles from ocean inlet, Costa Rica. Holotype: UF 5741. Paratypes: ANSP 80986 (2), 80987 (1, stained); UF 5836 (3). Type catalog: Gilbert 1974:114 [ref. 21035], Böhlke 1984:55 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Hyphessobrycon tortuguerae Böhlke 1958 -- (Villa 1982:105 [ref. 36708], Bussing 1987:88 [ref. 22927], Zarske & Géry 1997:310 [ref. 23715], Bussing 1998:110 [ref. 24179], Lima & Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:141 [ref. 27061], Matamoros et al. 2009:9 [ref. 31241], García-Alzate et al. 2013:184 [ref. 32440], García-Alzate et al. 2013:862 [ref. 32692], Angulo et al. 2013:992 [ref. 33194], Carvalho et al. 2014:248 [ref. 33371], Angulo et al. 2023:25 [ref. 40676], Elías et al. 2023:3 [ref. 39863]). Current status: Valid as Hyphessobrycon tortuguerae Böhlke 1958. Acestrorhamphidae: Hyphessobryconinae. Distribution: Central America: Atlantic watersheds between Patuca River in Honduras and rivers San Juan and Tortuguero in northern Costa Rica (Costa Rica, Honduras). Habitat: freshwater.