Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/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
Genera: Curimata - Curimatella - Curimatopsis - Cyphocharax - Potamorhina - Psectrogaster - Pseudocurimata - Steindachnerina
Name
Curimatidae Gill, 1858
Type genus: Curimata Bosc, 1817
References
Gill, T.N. 1858. Synopsis of the fresh water fishes of the western portion of the island of Trinidad, W. I. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 6(nos 10–13, art. 38): 363–430. BHL Reference page.
Links
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase, version (02/2006). [1]
Vernacular names
English: Toothless characins
lietuvių: Ūsuotieji lašišakarpiai
The Curimatidae, toothless characins, are a family of freshwater fishes, of the order Characiformes. They originate from southern Costa Rica to northern Argentina. The family has around 105 species, many of them frequently exploited for human consumption. They are closely related to the Prochilodontidae.
This family lacks jaw teeth, although they do sometimes have small teeth on their pharyngeal plates. They eat films of slime coating underwater surfaces, which consist largely of algae, zooplankton and detritus.[1] It has been suggested that feeding behavior of some species like Psectrogaster essequibensis may change its diet pattern in function of the sediment content of the water, showing a regime mainly based on algae in waters with high sediment load, until an omnivorous or detritivore regime in waters with low sediment load.[2]
Classification
The family has eight genera and around 105 species:[3]
Family Curimatidae
Curimata (13 species)
Curimatella (five species)
Curimatopsis (nine species)
Cyphocharax (38 species)
Potamorhina (five species)
Psectogaster (eight species)
Pseudocurimata (six species)
Steindachnerina (23 species)
See also
List of fish families
References
Weitzman, S.H.; Vari, R.P. (1998). Paxton, J.R.; Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 103. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
Fernández Espinoza, Carla Eloísa; Pouilly, M; Rejas, Danny (2011-01-01). "Variación de la dieta de Psectrogaster essequibensis (Piscis : Curimatidae) en la Amazonia Boliviana". Revista Boliviana de Ecológia y Conservación (Bolivia). 29: 53–63.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Curimatidae". FishBase. October 2017 version.
Nelson, Joseph S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-25031-7
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