Compsura

Compsura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Subfamily:	Cheirodontinae
Genus:	Compsura ; C. H. Eigenmann, 1915
Type species
	Compsura heterura; C. H. Eigenmann, 1915

Last updated September 28, 2025

Compsura is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish, characins, belonging to the family Characidae. One species occurs in Panama (C. gorgonae), and the other in eastern Brazil.

Species

Compsura contains the following valid species:^[2]

Compsura gorgonae (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1909)
Compsura heterura C. H. Eigenmann, 1915

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Compsura". FishBase . October 2011 version.

1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cheirodontinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 27 September 2025.
↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Compsura". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 27 September 2025.

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[Cof_family-1] 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cheirodontinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 27 September 2025.

[Cof_genus-2] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Compsura". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 27 September 2025.

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