Curimata (fish)
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| Curimata | |
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| Curimata cyprinoides | |
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 cyprinoides Linnaeus, 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.
