''Curimatopsis'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of small South American

fish A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can ...

in the

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Curimatidae. They are native to freshwater habitats in the

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and

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basins, as well as river of the

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Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: * '' Curimatopsis cryptica''

Vari Vari () is a southern suburb of Athens and former municipality in East Attica, Greece along the Athens coast. The ancient Athenian deme of Anagyrous was situated here. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Vari-Vo ...

, 1982 * '' Curimatopsis evelynae''

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, 1964 * '' Curimatopsis guaporensis'' Melo & Oliveira, 2017 * '' Curimatopsis jaci'' Melo & Oliveira, 2017 * '' Curimatopsis macrolepis'' (

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) * '' Curimatopsis maculosa'' B. F. Melo,

& C. de Oliveira, 2016Melo, 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.'' *'' Curimatopsis melanura'' * '' Curimatopsis microlepis'' C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889 * '' Curimatopsis myersi''

, 1982 * '' Curimatopsis pallida'' Melo & Oliveira, 2017 *'' Curimatopsis sabana''

References

Curimatidae Freshwater fish genera Taxa named by Franz Steindachner {{Characiformes-stub