{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Compsaraia samueli.jpg | image_caption = ''Compsaraia samueli'' | taxon = Compsaraia | authority = Albert, 2001<ref name = "Cof family">{{Cof family|family=Apteronotidae|access-date=24 May 2025}}</ref> | type_species = Porotergus compsus | type_species_authority = Mago-Leccia, 1994<ref name = "Cof family"/> }}
'''''Compsaraia''''' is a genus of ghost knifefishes found in tropical South America. There are currently three described species in this genus. They are found deep in large rivers in the Amazon and Orinoco basins, and have small eyes and little pigment (appearing whitish in colour).<ref name=Bernt2017>Bernt, M.J.; and J.S. Albert (2017). A New Species of Deep-Channel Electric Knifefish Compsaraia (Apteronotidae, Gymnotiformes) from the Amazon River. Copeia. 105(2); 211-219. {{doi|10.1643/CI-16-529}}</ref>
==Species== There are three species:<ref name=Bernt2017/><ref name=fishbase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Compsaraia| month = June | year = 2017}}</ref>
* ''Compsaraia compsa'' <small>(Mago-Leccia, 1994)</small> * ''Compsaraia iara'' <small>Bernt & Albert, 2017</small> * ''Compsaraia samueli'' <small>Albert & Crampton, 2009</small>
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Category:Apteronotidae Category:Fish of South America Category:Freshwater fish genera Category:Taxa named by James S. Albert
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