Cyphocharax

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Cyphocharax
Temporal range: Oligocene to present
Cyphocharax voga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Curimatidae
Genus: Cyphocharax
Fowler, 1906[1]
Type species
Curimatus spilurus
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.

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