Compsura
Genus of fishes
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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.
| Compsura | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | Cheirodontinae |
| Genus: | Compsura C. H. Eigenmann, 1915[1] |
| Type species | |
| Compsura heterura C. H. Eigenmann, 1915[1] | |
Species
Compsura contains the following valid species:[2]
- Compsura gorgonae (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1909)
- Compsura heterura C. H. Eigenmann, 1915
