Curimatopsis

Curimatopsis is a genus of small South American fish in the family Curimatidae.[1] They are native to freshwater habitats in the Amazon, Orinoco and Paraguay basins, as well as river of the Guianas.[2]

Curimatopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Curimatidae
Genus: Curimatopsis
Steindachner, 1876
Species

11, see text

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[1][3]

  • Curimatopsis cryptica Vari, 1982
  • Curimatopsis evelynae Géry, 1964
  • Curimatopsis guaporensis Melo & Oliveira, 2017[2]
  • Curimatopsis jaci Melo & Oliveira, 2017[2]
  • Curimatopsis macrolepis (Steindachner, 1876)
  • Curimatopsis maculosa B. F. Melo, Vari & C. de Oliveira, 2016[4]
  • Curimatopsis melanura Dutra, Melo, Netto-Ferreira, 2018[5]
  • Curimatopsis microlepis C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889
  • Curimatopsis myersi Vari, 1982
  • Curimatopsis pallida Melo & Oliveira, 2017[2]
  • Curimatopsis sabana Melo, 2020[3]

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Curimatopsis in FishBase. October 2017 version.
  2. Melo, B.F.; C. Oliveira (2017). "Three new species of Curimatopsis (Characiformes: Curimatidae) from the Amazon basin". Journal of Fish Biology. 91 (2): 528–544. doi:10.1111/jfb.13360. PMID 28653414.
  3. Melo, Bruno F. (2020). "New species of Curimatopsis from the río Caroni, Orinoco basin, Venezuela, with comments on C. macrolepis (Characiformes: Curimatidae)". Neotropical Ichthyology. 18 (2): e200002. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0002. hdl:11449/201002. ISSN 1982-0224.
  4. Melo, B.F., Vari, R.P. & Oliveira, C. (2016): Curimatopsis maculosa, a new species from the Rio Tapajós, Amazon basin, Brazil (Teleostei: Curimatidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 27 (4): 303-308.
  5. Dutra, G. M.; Melo, B. F.; Netto-Ferreira, A. L. (2018-02-01). "A new species of Curimatopsis Steindachner (Characiformes: Curimatidae) from the Rio Nhamundá, Amazon basin". Journal of Fish Biology. 92 (2): 515–522. doi:10.1111/jfb.13540. PMID 29431224.


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