Cyphocharax

Cyphocharax Temporal range: Oligocene to present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Cyphocharax voga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Curimatidae
Genus:	Cyphocharax Fowler, 1906 [1]
Type species
Curimatus spilurus Günther, 1864 [1]
Synonyms [1]
Xyrocharax Fowler, 1914 Hemicurimata Myers, 1929 Curimatoides Fowler, 1940

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

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus: ^[2]

Extant species

• Cyphocharax abramoides (Kner, 1858)
• Cyphocharax albiventris Netto-Ferreira, Nogueira, Melo & Dutra, 2024
• Cyphocharax albula (Lütken, 1875)
• Cyphocharax aninha Wosiacki & Miranda, 2014
• Cyphocharax aspilos Vari, 1992
• Cyphocharax biocellatus Vari, Sidlauskas & Le Bail, 2012
• Cyphocharax boiadeiro Melo, 2017
• Cyphocharax caboclo Melo, Tencatt & Oliveira, 2022
• Cyphocharax corumbae (Pavanelli & Britski, 1999)
• Cyphocharax cramptoni Bortolo & Lima, 2020
• Cyphocharax derhami Vari & Chang, 2006
• Cyphocharax festivus Vari, 1992
• Cyphocharax gangamon Vari, 1992
• Cyphocharax gilbert (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
• Cyphocharax gillii (C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy 1903)
• Cyphocharax gouldingi Vari, 1992
• Cyphocharax helleri (Steindachner, 1910)
• Cyphocharax ivo Melo, Gama & Sabaj Pérez, 2025
• Cyphocharax jagunco Dutra, Penido, Guimarães de Mello & Pessali, 2016
• Cyphocharax laticlavius Vari & Blackledge, 1996
• Cyphocharax leucostictus (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889)
• Cyphocharax magdalenae (Steindachner, 1878)
• Cyphocharax meniscaprorus Vari, 1992
• Cyphocharax mestomyllon Vari, 1992
• Cyphocharax microcephalus (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889)
• Cyphocharax modestus (Fernández-Yépez, 1948)
• Cyphocharax multilineatus (Myers, 1927)
• Cyphocharax muyrakytan Bortolo, Lima & Melo, 2018
• Cyphocharax naegelii (Steindachner, 1881)
• Cyphocharax nigripinnis Vari, 1992
• Cyphocharax notatus (Steindachner, 1908)
• Cyphocharax oenas Vari, 1992
• Cyphocharax orion Melo & Faria, 2024
• Cyphocharax pantostictos Vari & Barriga Salazar, 1990
• Cyphocharax pinnilepis Vari, Zanata & Camelier, 2010
• Cyphocharax platanus (Günther, 1880)
• Cyphocharax plumbeus (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889)
• Cyphocharax punctatus (Vari & Nijssen, 1986)
• Cyphocharax saladensis (Meinken, 1933)
• Cyphocharax sanctigabrielis Melo & Vari, 2014
• Cyphocharax santacatarinae (Fernández-Yépez, 1948)
• Cyphocharax signatus Vari, 1992
• Cyphocharax spilotus (Vari, 1987)
• Cyphocharax spiluropsis (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889)
• Cyphocharax spilurus (Günther, 1864)
• Cyphocharax stilbolepis Vari, 1992
• Cyphocharax tamuya Dutra, Vita, Gentile, Ochoa & Netto-Ferreira, 2022
• Cyphocharax vanderi (Britski, 1980)
• Cyphocharax vexillapinnus Vari, 1992
• Cyphocharax voga (Hensel, 1870)

Extinct species

• † Cyphocharax mosesi (Travassos & Santos, 1955) (fossil; Oligocene of Tremembé Formation, Brazil) ^[3]

References

1. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Curimatidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 2 August 2025.
2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Genus-Cyphocharax". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 2 August 2025.
3. Malabarba, Maria Cláudia S. L. (1998). "Phylogeny of Fossil Characiformes and Paleobiogeography of the Tremembé Formation, São Paulo, Brazil.". Phylogeny and Classification of Neotropical Fishes. Part 1 - Fossils and Geological Evidence (PDF). pp. 69–84.