Biology:Curimatopsis

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

11, see text

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]

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. 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Curimatopsis in FishBase. October 2017 version.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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. 3.0 3.1 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. 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" (in en). Journal of Fish Biology 92 (2): 515–522. doi:10.1111/jfb.13540. PMID 29431224. http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/jfb.13540. 

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