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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{for|the bird genus ''Anastomus''|Openbill stork}}
{{Automatic Taxobox
| image = Anostomus anostomus Armbruster.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Anostomus anostomus]]'', (striped headstander)
| taxon = Anostomus
| authority = [[Giovanni Antonio Scopoli|Scopoli]], 1777<ref name = "Cof family">{{Cof family|family=Anostominae|access-date=29 July 2025}}</ref>
| type_species = Salmo anostomus 
| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758<ref name = "Cof family"/>
| synonyms = {{Genus list
| Anostomus | [[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]], 1816
| Mormyrynchus | [[William Swainson|Swainson]], 1839
| Histiodromus | [[Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel|Gistel]], 1848
| Pithecocharax | [[Henry Weed Fowler|Fowler]], 1906
}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name = "Cof family"/>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}

'''''Anostomus''''' is a small [[genus]] of freshwater [[Actinopterygii|ray-finned fishes]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Anostomidae]], the toothed headstanders. This species in this genus are found in [[South America]]. They occur in the [[Orinoco]] and [[Amazon Basin]], as well as various rivers in [[the Guianas]]. ''[[Petulanos]]'' was until recently included here.

==Species==
''Anostomus'' contains the following species:<ref name = "Cof genus">{{Cof genus|genus=Anostomus|access-date=29 July 2025}}</ref>
* ''[[Anostomus anostomus]]'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])</small> (striped anostomus, striped headstander)
* ''[[Anostomus longus]]'' <small>[[Jacques Géry|Géry]], 1961</small>
* ''[[Anostomus ternetzi]]'' <small>[[Augustín Fernández-Yépez|Fernández-Yépez]], 1949</small>

==References==
* {{FishBase genus | genus = Anostomus | month = October | year = 2011}}
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[[Category:Anostominae]]
[[Category:Anostomus| ]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli]]
[[Category:Fish of South America]]


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