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Toothless Characins
Curimatidae
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.
8 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 121 known species
Cyphocharax
genusCyphocharax
Steindachnerina
genusSteindachnerina
Potamorhina
genusPotamorhina
Psectrogaster
genusPsectrogaster
Curimata
genusCurimata
Pseudocurimata
genusPseudocurimata
Curimatopsis
genusCurimatopsis
Curimatella
genusCurimatella
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51407.