Curimata (fish)

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Curimata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Curimatidae
Genus: Curimata
L. A. G. Bosc, 1817 [1]
Type species
Salmo edentulus (a synonym of Salmo cyprinoidesLinnaeus, 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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.