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Curimatidae (Toothless characins)
Etymology: Pseudocurimata: Greek, pseudes = false + see under Curimata.
Eponymy: George Albert Boulenger (1858–1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist at the British Museum, London. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Eigenmann.
Issue
See Vari (1989:17) for detailed description.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: rivers draining into the northern portion of the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 13243)
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Vari, R.P., 1989. Systematics of the neotropical characiform genus Psuedocurimata Fernández-Yépez (Pisces: Ostariophysi). Smithson. Contri. Zool. No. 490, 28 p. (Ref. 13243)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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