Hypomasticus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

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| taxon = Hypomasticus

| authority = Borodin, 1929

| type_species = Leporinus mormyrops

| type_species_authority = Steindachner, 1875

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Hypomasticus is a genus of headstander native to tropical South America.

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:{{FishBase genus | genus = Hypomasticus| month = August | year = 2013}}{{Cite journal|last1=Birindelli|first1=José L. O.|last2=Melo|first2=Bruno F.|last3=Ribeiro-Silva|first3=Luís R.|last4=Diniz|first4=Debora|last5=Oliveira|first5=Claudio|date=2020-07-01|title=A New Species of Hypomasticus from Eastern Brazil Based on Morphological and Molecular Data (Characiformes, Anostomidae)|url=https://bioone.org/journals/copeia/volume-108/issue-2/CI-19-335/A-New-Species-of-Hypomasticus-from-Eastern-Brazil-Based-on/10.1643/CI-19-335.full|journal=Copeia|volume=108|issue=2|pages=416–425|doi=10.1643/CI-19-335|s2cid=220688066 |issn=0045-8511|url-access=subscription}}

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