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Curimatidae: Curimatidae are a subfamily of characiform fish members of which are often abundant within the floodplain where they feed on detritus. They are normally open water fish of silvery appearance.
The Curimatidae subfamily comprises 8 genera, and it includes almost 140 species that are widely distributed throughout the Atlantic drainage basins of South America, from northern Colombia to the Río Negro in Argentina, as well as across the trans-Andean basins in the Punta Arenas (Chile) province to Peru. These species are popularly called "sabalitos" and they inhabit various types of freshwater ecosystems, including lakes, rivers and small streams. In some regions, Curimatidae, and its sister group Prochilodontidae are the main types of detritivorous. The Curimatidae is an omnivorous fish, preferring vegetable items, algae, small live foods such as Daphnia, some tablet and flake foods can be offered. Click on thumbnail for more information.
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