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Genus of fishes

Curimatopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Curimatidae
Genus: Curimatopsis
Steindachner, 1876
Species

11, see text

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 river of the Guianas.

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Curimatopsis". FishBase. October 2017 version.
  2. ^ 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. doi:10.1111/jfb.13360. PMID 28653414.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. Melo, B.F., Vari, R.P. & Oliveira, C. (2016): Curimatopsis maculosa, a new species from the Rio Tapajós, Amazon basin, Brazil (Teleostei: Curimatidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 27 (4): 303-308.
  5. Dutra, G. M.; Melo, B. F.; Netto-Ferreira, A. L. (2018-02-01). "A new species of Curimatopsis Steindachner (Characiformes: Curimatidae) from the Rio Nhamundá, Amazon basin". Journal of Fish Biology. 92 (2): 515–522. doi:10.1111/jfb.13540. PMID 29431224.
Taxon identifiers
Curimatopsis


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