Curimatella
Genus of fishes
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Curimatella 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.
| Curimatella | |
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| Curimatella dorsalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Curimatidae |
| Genus: | Curimatella C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 18897[1] |
| Type species | |
| Curimatus lepidurus C. H. Eigenmann & R.S. Eigenmann, 1889[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
Curimatella contains the following valid species:[2]
- Curimatella alburna (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844)
- Curimatella dorsalis (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889)
- Curimatella immaculata (Fernández-Yépez, 1948)
- Curimatella lepidura (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889)
- Curimatella meyeri (Steindachner, 1882)
