''Psectrogaster'' is a genus of
toothless characin
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 con ...
s from
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
, with these currently described species:
* ''
Psectrogaster amazonica''
C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889
* ''
Psectrogaster ciliata''
( J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844)
* ''
Psectrogaster curviventris''
C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903
* ''
Psectrogaster essequibensis''
( Günther, 1864)
* ''
Psectrogaster falcata''
(C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889)
* ''
Psectrogaster rhomboides''
C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889
* ''
Psectrogaster rutiloides''
( Kner, 1858)
* ''
Psectrogaster saguiru''
( Fowler, 1941)
References
*
Curimatidae
Taxa named by Rosa Smith Eigenmann
Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
Fish of South America
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