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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Curimatidae |
| Genus: | Curimatopsis Steindachner, 1876 |
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Species
editThere 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
edit- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Curimatopsis". FishBase. October 2017 version.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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