| SOURCE FOR OCCURRENCE IN ECUADOR: Vari (1989). |
| ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: Vari, R.P. 1989. Systematics of the neotropical Characiform genus Pseudocurimata Fernandez-Yepez (Pisces: Ostariophysi). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 490:1-28. |
| TYPE SPECIMENS: USNM 287745 collected by R. Barriga and collaborators March 11, 1985 in Estero La Bocana del Cupa 100 m below Puerto Cupa in the Rio Esmeraldas Basin. Paratypes (same locality details): USNM 291690 and MEPN 4289. |
| TAXONOMIC STATUS: Valid (Eschmeyer & Fricke, 2012) |
| RANGE ECUADOR: Rio Esmeraldas and Rio Santiago Basins, northwestern Ecuador (Vari, 1989). Appears to be more common in the Rio Esmeraldas basin (Vari, 1989). |
| RANGE OUTSIDE OF ECUADOR: None (Vari, 1989). |
| COLLECTIONS IN ECUADOR: |
| MAXIMUM SIZE: About 10 cm. |
| DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Distinguished from other species in the genus Pseudocurimata by the combination of an elongate stripe on the mid-lateral surface of the caudal peduncle and 33-34 vertebrae. Other species in the genus have a dark round or horizontally ovoid mid-lateral spot on the caudal peduncle or 35 or more vertebrae (Vari, 1989). |
| ECOLOGY: NA. |
| ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE: NA. |
| CONSERVATION STATUS: NA. |
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| SPECIES PROFILE CREATED BY: Windsor Aguirre |
| SPECIES PROFILE CONTRIBUTORS: NA |
