Compsura

Compsura
Scientific 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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Compsura". FishBase. October 2011 version.