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Curimatidae Gill, 1858

151970 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151970)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Characiformes (Order)
  11. Curimatidae (Family)
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Family
Characiformes

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  1. Subfamily Anostominae
  2. Subfamily Chilodontinae
  3. Genus Curimata Bosc, 1817
  4. Genus Curimatella Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
  5. Genus Curimatopsis Steindachner, 1876
  6. Genus Cyphocharax Fowler, 1906
  7. Genus Potamorhina Cope, 1878
  8. Subfamily Prochilodontinae
  9. Genus Psectrogaster Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
  10. Genus Pseudocurimata Fernández-Yépez, 1948
  11. Genus Steindachnerina Fowler, 1906
  12. Genus Allenina Fernández-Yépez, 1948 accepted as Curimata Bosc, 1817
  13. Genus Apolinarella Fernández-Yépez, 1948 accepted as Curimatella Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
  14. Genus Bitricarinata Fernández-Yépez, 1948 accepted as Curimata Bosc, 1817
  15. Genus Bondia Fernández-Yépez, 1948 accepted as Curimata Bosc, 1817
  16. Genus Cruxentina Fernández-Yépez, 1948 accepted as Steindachnerina Fowler, 1906
  17. Subfamily Curimatinae Gill, 1858 accepted as Curimatidae Gill, 1858
  18. Genus Curimatoides Fowler, 1940 accepted as Cyphocharax Fowler, 1906
  19. Genus Curimatorbis Fernández-Yépez, 1948 accepted as Steindachnerina Fowler, 1906
  20. Genus Curimatus Oken, 1817 accepted as Curimata Bosc, 1817
  21. Genus Currimatella accepted as Curimatella Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  22. Genus Hamatichthys Fernández-Yépez, 1948 accepted as Psectrogaster Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
  23. Genus Hemicurimata Myers, 1929 accepted as Cyphocharax Fowler, 1906
  24. Genus Lambepiedra Fernández-Yépez, 1948 accepted as Curimata Bosc, 1817
  25. Genus Lepininna accepted as Lepipinna Fernández-Yépez, 1948 accepted as Curimatella Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  26. Genus Lepipinna Fernández-Yépez, 1948 accepted as Curimatella Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
  27. Genus Pseudopsectrogaster Fernández-Yépez, 1948 accepted as Psectrogaster Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
  28. Genus Rivasella Fernández-Yépez, 1948 accepted as Steindachnerina Fowler, 1906
  29. Genus Semelcarinata Fernández-Yépez, 1948 accepted as Psectrogaster Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
  30. Genus Semitapiscis Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 accepted as Curimata Bosc, 1817
  31. Genus Walbaunina Fernández-Yépez, 1948 accepted as Curimatella Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Curimatidae Gill, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151970 on 2026-07-10
Date
action
by
2005-04-07 10:08:04Z
created
Claus, Simon
2015-04-17 08:48:21Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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English toothless characins  [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Curimatidae) 
To Genbank (from synonym Curimatinae Gill, 1858)
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