Psectrogaster
Psectrogaster amazonica (scale bar = 1 cm)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Curimatidae
Genus:	Psectrogaster C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889

Psectrogaster is a genus of toothless characins from South America, 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

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

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