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Curimatopsis

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Curimatopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Curimatidae
Genus: Curimatopsis
Steindachner, 1876[1]
Type species
Curimatus (Curimatopsis) macrolepis
Steindachner, 1876[1]
Species

11, see text

Synonyms[1]

Curimatopsis is a genus of small South American fish in the family Curimatidae.[2] They are native to freshwater habitats in the Amazon, Orinoco and Paraguay basins, as well as rivers of the Guianas.[3]

Species

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These are the currently recognized species in this genus:[4][5]

References

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  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.