Curimata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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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.
Curimata contains the following valid species: [2]