Compsura

Compsura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Subfamily: Cheirodontinae
Genus: Compsura
C. H. Eigenmann, 1915
Type species
Compsura heterura
C. H. Eigenmann, 1915

Compsura is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish, characins, belonging to the family Characidae. One species occurs in Panama (C. gorgonae), and the other in eastern Brazil.

Species

Compsura contains the following valid species:

References

  1. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cheirodontinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Compsura". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 September 2025.