Hypomasticus

Hypomasticus is a genus of headstander native to tropical South America.^[1]

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

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:^[1][2][3]

• Hypomasticus copelandii (Steindachner, 1875)
• Hypomasticus despaxi (Puyo, 1943)
• Hypomasticus julii (dos Santos, Jégu & A. C. Lima, 1996)
• Hypomasticus lineomaculatus Birindelli, L. A. W. Peixoto, Wosiacki & Britski, 2013^[2]
• Hypomasticus megalepis (Günther, 1863)
• Hypomasticus mormyrops (Steindachner, 1875)
• Hypomasticus pachycheilus (Britski, 1976)
• Hypomasticus santanai Birindelli & Melo, 2020
• Hypomasticus steindachneri (C. H. Eigenmann, 1907)
• Hypomasticus thayeri (Borodin, 1929)