Curimata (fish)

Curimata
Curimata cyprinoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Curimatidae
Genus:
L. A. G. Bosc, 1817[1]
Type species
Salmo edentulus (a synonym of Salmo cyprinoides Linnaeus, 1766)
Bloch, 1794[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Acuticurimata Fowler, 1941
  • Allenina Fernández-Yépez, 1948
  • Bitricarinata Fernández-Yépez, 1948
  • Bondia Fernández-Yépez, 1948
  • Bondichthys Whitley, 1953
  • Camposella Fernández-Yépez, 1948
  • Camposichthys Whitley, 1953
  • Curimatus Oken, 1817
  • Lambepiedra Fernández-Yépez, 1948
  • Peltapleura Fowler, 1906
  • Semitapicis C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889
  • Stupens Whitley, 1953

Curimata is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Curimatidae, the toothless characins. The fishes in this genus are found in tropical South America.

Species

Curimata contains the following valid species:[2]

  • Curimata acutirostris Vari & R. E. dos Reis, 1995
  • Curimata aspera (Günther, 1868)
  • Curimata cerasina Vari, 1984
  • Curimata cisandina (W. R. Allen, 1942)
  • Curimata cyprinoides (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • Curimata incompta Vari 1984
  • Curimata inornata Vari, 1989
  • Curimata knerii (Steindachner, 1876)
  • Curimata macrops (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889)
  • Curimata mivartii (Steindachner, 1878)
  • Curimata ocellata (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889)
  • Curimata roseni Vari, 1989
  • Curimata vittata (Kner, 1858)

References

  1. ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Curimatidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Curimata". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 August 2025.