Curimata (fish)

Curimata is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Curimatidae, the toothless characins. The fishes in this genus are found in tropical South America.

Curimata
Curimata cyprinoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Curimatidae
Genus:	Curimata L. A. G. Bosc, 1817[1]
Type species
Salmo edentulus (a synonym of Salmo cyprinoides Linnaeus, 1766) Bloch, 1794[1]
Synonyms[1]
Acuticurimata Fowler, 1941 Allenina Fernández-Yépez, 1948 Bitricarinata Fernández-Yépez, 1948 Bondia Fernández-Yépez, 1948 Bondichthys Whitley, 1953 Camposella Fernández-Yépez, 1948 Camposichthys Whitley, 1953 Curimatus Oken, 1817 Lambepiedra Fernández-Yépez, 1948 Peltapleura Fowler, 1906 Semitapicis C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889 Stupens Whitley, 1953

Species

Curimata contains the following valid species:^[2]

• Curimata acutirostris Vari & R. E. dos Reis, 1995
• Curimata aspera (Günther, 1868)
• Curimata cerasina Vari, 1984
• Curimata cisandina (W. R. Allen, 1942)
• Curimata cyprinoides (Linnaeus, 1766)
• Curimata incompta Vari 1984
• Curimata inornata Vari, 1989
• Curimata knerii (Steindachner, 1876)
• Curimata macrops (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889)
• Curimata mivartii (Steindachner, 1878)
• Curimata ocellata (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889)
• Curimata roseni Vari, 1989
• Curimata vittata (Kner, 1858)