''Curimata'' is a genus of toothless characins from

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, with 13 currently described species: * '' Curimata acutirostris''

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& R. E. dos Reis, 1995 * '' Curimata aspera'' ( Günther, 1868) * '' Curimata cerasina''

, 1984 * '' Curimata cisandina'' ( W. R. Allen, 1942) * '' Curimata cyprinoides'' (

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

, 1766) * '' Curimata incompta'' Vari, 1984 * '' Curimata inornata'' Vari, 1989 * '' Curimata knerii'' (

Steindachner Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner descri ...

, 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)

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Curimatidae Fish of South America {{Characiformes-stub