Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Central tetra FAMILY - Characidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Astyanax aeneus REFERENCES - 01 District Reference Cayo 1 Toledo 1 Corozal 1 Orange Walk 1 Belize 1 Stann Creek 1 Cayo 3 Corozal 2 Orange Walk 2 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Captured or Mist net Dry season 3 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 1 Whitewater Lagoon (Proposed) Sighting Dry season 2 Shipstern Nature Reserve Sighting Permanent 2 Shipstern Nature Reserve 4 Tapir Mtn. Nature Reserve Sighting Wet season 5 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Collected as voucher 1 Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary Collected as voucher 1 Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 1 Swasey-Bladen Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 1 Deep River Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 1 Sarstoon Delta Wildlife Sanctuary Collected as voucher 1 Burdon Canal Nature Reserve Collected as voucher 1 Hydrologic Association Reference Roaring Creek 5 Raspaculo River 3 Macal River 3 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 1 401-600 m 1 601-800 m 1 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 2 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 3 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 5 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 15' to 88 30' 1 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 15' to 88 30' 1 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 1 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 1 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 1 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 10' to 88 30' 1 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 1 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 1 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 1 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 1 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 1 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 1 16 00' to 16 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 1 16 00' to 16 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 15 50' to 16 00'; 88 50' to 89 15' 1 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 5 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 1 Subtropical moist 1 Subtropical Lower Montane wet 1 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 1 Tropical wet-transition to Subtropical 1 Subtropical wet 1 General Distribution Comments 5*NE portion TMNR 3* Rubber Camp, Guacamallo Bridge, Francelia Camp, Kinloch's Camp, Macal Line 2* quad 20 refers to Whitewater Lgn, not Shipstern. Site at Shipstern is the Orchid Trail Pond. 1* This species is widespread, almost ubiquitous, from the northern to the southern borders, and occurs from mangrove areas near the coast up to streams of Mountain Pine Ridge. References 1 Greenfield, D. W., J. E. Thomerson. 1997. Fishes of the Continental Waters of Belize. University of Florida Press. 2 de Rahm, Patrick. 1990. Summary Report of the Freshwater Fishes and Aquatic Ecosystems Observed in Belize. ITCF unpublished report. 3 Glaholt, R. 1992. Macal River Hydroelectric Project Baseline Biological Studies. Rubber Camp Scheme. Aquatic Biology. p.5,12,16,21,24,29 in Macal River Hydroelectric Development Environmental Impact Assessment Rubber Camp and Chalillo Schemes Pre-feasibility Study - Draft Environmental Appendix. Vol. II of III 4 Meerman, J. 1993. Fish of the Shipstern Nature Reserve. Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural History Society. 2(8):61-64. 5 Miller, C.M., B.W. Miller. 1994. Preliminary Faunal Surveys at Tapir Mt. Nature Reserve, 27 Nov.-5 Dec., 1994. Unpublished report for BAS.
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01/19/98