Curimatopsis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Curimatidae |
| Genus: | Steindachner, 1876[1] |
| Type species | |
| Curimatus (Curimatopsis) macrolepis Steindachner, 1876[1]
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11, see text | |
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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 river of the Guianas.[3]
Species
These are the currently recognized species in this genus:[4][5]
- Curimatopsis cryptica Vari, 1982
- Curimatopsis evelynae Géry, 1964
- Curimatopsis guaporensis Melo & Oliveira, 2017
- Curimatopsis jaci Melo & Oliveira, 2017
- Curimatopsis macrolepis (Steindachner, 1876)
- Curimatopsis maculosa Melo, Vari & Oliveira, 2016
- Curimatopsis melanura Dutra, Melo & Netto-Ferreira, 2018.
- Curimatopsis microlepis C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889
- Curimatopsis myersi Vari, 1982
- Curimatopsis pallida Melo & Oliveira, 2017
- Curimatopsis sabana Melo, 2020
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Curimatopsis". FishBase. October 2017 version.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Curimatopsis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ 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.