Compsura

Genus of fishes

Compsura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Subfamily: Cheirodontinae
Genus: Compsura
C. H. Eigenmann, 1915

Compsura is a genus of characins containing two described species. One species occurs in Panama (C. gorgonae), and the other in eastern Brazil.

Species

  • Compsura gorgonae (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1909)
  • Compsura heterura C. H. Eigenmann, 1915

References

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


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