Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Scotokaryota
Cladus: Podiata
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Characiformes
Superfamilia: Anostomoidea
Familia: Curimatidae
Genus: Curimatopsis
Species: C. crypticus – C. evelynae – C. macrolepis – C. microlepis – C. myersi
Name
Curimatopsis Steindachner, 1876
Type species: Curimatus (Curimatopsis) macrolepis Steindachner, 1876
Etymology: opsis (= appearance), proposed as a subgenus of Curimatus, i.e., Curimatus-like. (From: The ETYFish project)
References
Melo, B.F., Ochoa, L.E., Vari, R.P. & Oliveira, C. 2016. Cryptic species in the Neotropical fish genus Curimatopsis (Teleostei, Characiformes). Zoologica Scripta 45(6): 650–658. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12178 Paywall. Reference page.
Steindachner, F. 1876. Ichthyologische Beiträge (V). [Subtitles i–v.]. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 74(1. Abth.): 49–240, Pls. 1–15. BHL Reference page.
Links
Curimatopsis and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Curimatopsis species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
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
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Curimatopsis". FishBase. October 2017 version.
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.
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. hdl:11449/201002. ISSN 1982-0224.
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.
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". Journal of Fish Biology. 92 (2): 515–522. doi:10.1111/jfb.13540. PMID 29431224.
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