Boulengerella

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Boulengerella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Ctenoluciidae
Genus: Boulengerella
C. H. Eigenmann, 1903

Boulengerella is a genus of pike-characins from tropical South America, found in the Amazon Basin, Orinoco, and rivers of the Guiana Shield. The currently described species are:

  • Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
  • Boulengerella lateristriga (Boulenger, 1895) (striped pike-characin)
  • Boulengerella lucius (G. Cuvier, 1816) (golden pike-characin)
  • Boulengerella maculata (Valenciennes, 1850) (spotted pike-characin)
  • Boulengerella xyrekes Vari, 1995

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