Cynopotamus
Cynopotamus argenteus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Subfamily:	Characinae
Genus:	Cynopotamus Valenciennes, 1850

Cynopotamus is a genus of characin fishes from South America, with 12 currently described species:

• Cynopotamus amazonum ( Günther, 1868)
• Cynopotamus argenteus ( Valenciennes, 1836)
• Cynopotamus atratoensis ( C. H. Eigenmann, 1907)
• Cynopotamus bipunctatus Pellegrin, 1909
• Cynopotamus essequibensis C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
• Cynopotamus gouldingi Menezes, 1987
• Cynopotamus juruenae Menezes, 1987
• Cynopotamus kincaidi ( L. P. Schultz, 1950)
• Cynopotamus magdalenae ( Steindachner, 1879)
• Cynopotamus tocantinensis Menezes, 1987
• Cynopotamus venezuelae (L. P. Schultz, 1944)
• Cynopotamus xinguano Menezes, 2007

References

• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Cynopotamus in FishBase. October 2011 version.

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