Boulengerella
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
| Boulengerella | |
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| Boulengerella cuvieri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Ctenoluciidae |
| Genus: | Boulengerella C. H. Eigenmann, 1903 |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Boulengerella in FishBase. October 2011 version.
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