Boulengerella

Boulengerella
Boulengerella maculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Characiformes
Family: Ctenoluciidae
Genus: Boulengerella
C. H. Eigenmann, 1903
Type species
Xiphostoma lateristriga
Boulenger, 1895
Synonyms

Boulengerella is a genus of pike-characins from tropical South America, found in the Amazon Basin, Orinoco, and rivers of the Guiana Shield. Boulengerella was named after the Belgian ichthyologist George Albert Boulenger. The currently described species are:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Ctenoluciidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  2. ↑ Taphorn, Donald Charles (1990). Characiform fishes of the Apure River drainage, Venezuela. p. 673.