Curimatopsis

Curimatopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Characiformes
Family: Curimatidae
Genus: Curimatopsis
Steindachner, 1876
Type species
Curimatus (Curimatopsis) macrolepis
Steindachner, 1876
Species

11, see text

Synonyms

Curimatopsis is a genus of small South American fish in the family Curimatidae. They are native to freshwater habitats in the Amazon, Orinoco and Paraguay basins, as well as rivers of the Guianas.

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Curimatidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Curimatopsis". FishBase. October 2017 version.
  3. ↑ Melo, B.F.; C. Oliveira (2017). "Three new species of Curimatopsis (Characiformes: Curimatidae) from the Amazon basin". Journal of Fish Biology. 91 (2): 528–544. Bibcode:2017JFBio..91..528M. doi:10.1111/jfb.13360. PMID 28653414.
  4. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Curimatopsis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  5. ↑ Melo, Bruno F. (2020). "New species of Curimatopsis from the río Caroni, Orinoco basin, Venezuela, with comments on C. macrolepis (Characiformes: Curimatidae)". Neotropical Ichthyology. 18 (2) e200002. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0002. hdl:11449/201002. ISSN 1982-0224.