Ctenolucius
Appearance
Ctenolucius | |
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Ctenolucius hujeta | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Ctenoluciidae |
Genus: | Ctenolucius T. N. Gill, 1861 |
Type species | |
Esox hujeta Valenciennes, 1850
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Ctenolucius is a genus of pike-characins found in southern Central America (Panama) and northwestern South America (Colombia and Venezuela). The currently described species in this genus are:
- Ctenolucius beani (Fowler, 1907)
- Ctenolucius hujeta (Valenciennes, 1850) (gar characin)
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ctenolucius". FishBase. October 2011 version.