''Boulengerella'' is a genus of pike-characins from

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South America, found in the

Amazon Basin The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributary, tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries ...

Orinoco The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers approximately 1 million km2, with 65% of it in Venezuela and 35% in Colombia. It is the List of rivers by discharge, f ...

, and rivers of the

Guiana Shield The Guiana Shield (; ; ; ) is one of the three cratons of the South American Plate. It is a 1.7 billion-year-old Precambrian geological formation in northeast South America that forms a portion of the northern coast. The higher elevations on ...

. ''Boulengerella'' was named after the Belgian ichthyologist

George Albert Boulenger George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Boulenger was also an active botani ...

. The currently described species are: * '' Boulengerella cuvieri'' (

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, 1829) (bicuda) * ''

Boulengerella lateristriga ''Boulengerella'' is a genus of pike-characin, pike-characins from tropical South America, found in the Amazon Basin, Orinoco, and rivers of the Guiana Shield. ''Boulengerella'' was named after the Belgium, Belgian ichthyologist George Albert Bou ...

'' ( Boulenger, 1895) (striped pike-characin) * '' Boulengerella lucius'' ( G. Cuvier, 1816) (golden pike-characin) * '' Boulengerella maculata'' (

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, 1850) (spotted pike-characin) * ''

Boulengerella xyrekes ''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 ...

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, 1995

References

* Ctenoluciidae Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann Fish of South America {{Characiformes-stub