Hypomasticus

Hypomasticus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Anostomidae, the toothed headstanders. These fishes are found in South America.

Hypomasticus
Hypomasticus granti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Anostomidae
Subfamily:	Leporininae
Genus:	Hypomasticus Borodin, 1929
Type species
Leporinus mormyrops Steindachner, 1875[1]

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus:^[2]

• Hypomasticus arcus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
• Hypomasticus copelandii (Steindachner, 1875)
• Hypomasticus despaxi (Puyo, 1943)
• Hypomasticus gomesi (Garavello & Santos, 1981)
• Hypomasticus granti (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
• Hypomasticus lebaili (Géry & Planquette, 1983)
• Hypomasticus lineomaculatus Birindelli, Peixoto, Wosiacki & Britski, 2013
• Hypomasticus megalepis (Günther, 1863)
• Hypomasticus melanostictus (Norman 1926)
• Hypomasticus mormyrops (Steindachner, 1875)
• Hypomasticus nijsseni (Garavello, 1990)
• Hypomasticus santanai Birindelli & Melo, 2020
• Hypomasticus santosi (Britski & Birindelli, 2013)
• Hypomasticus steindachneri (C. H. Eigenmann, 1907)
• Hypomasticus tepui (Birindelli, Britski & Provenzano, 2019)
• Hypomasticus thayeri (Borodin, 1929)
• Hypomasticus torrenticola (Birindelli, Teixeira & Britski, 2016)