Curimatopsis
Genus of fishes
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Curimatopsis is a genus of small South American fish in the family Curimatidae.[2] They are native to freshwater habitats in the Amazon, Orinoco and Paraguay basins, as well as rivers of the Guianas.[3]
| Curimatopsis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Curimatidae |
| Genus: | Curimatopsis Steindachner, 1876[1] |
| Type species | |
| Curimatus (Curimatopsis) macrolepis Steindachner, 1876[1] | |
| Species | |
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11, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
These are the currently recognized species in this genus:[4][5]
- Curimatopsis cryptica Vari, 1982
- Curimatopsis evelynae Géry, 1964
- Curimatopsis guaporensis Melo & Oliveira, 2017
- Curimatopsis jaci Melo & Oliveira, 2017
- Curimatopsis macrolepis (Steindachner, 1876)
- Curimatopsis maculosa Melo, Vari & Oliveira, 2016
- Curimatopsis melanura Dutra, Melo & Netto-Ferreira, 2018.
- Curimatopsis microlepis C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889
- Curimatopsis myersi Vari, 1982
- Curimatopsis pallida Melo & Oliveira, 2017
- Curimatopsis sabana Melo, 2020
