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Boulengerella

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Boulengerella
Boulengerella maculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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. Boulengerella was named after the Belgian ichthyologist George Albert Boulenger.[1] The currently described species are:

References

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  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Boulengerella". FishBase. October 2011 version.
  1. ^ Taphorn, Donald Charles (1990). Characiform fishes of the Apure River drainage, Venezuela. p. 673.