''Ctenolucius'' is a genus of

pike-characin The Ctenoluciidae (meaning "comb light family"), also known as pike-characins, are a small family of freshwater fishes from Panama and South America. They have elongated, pike-like bodies, and several sharp and conical teeth. They are relativel ...

s found in southern Central America (

Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...

) and northwestern South America (

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and

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). The currently described species in this genus are: * '' Ctenolucius beani'' ( Fowler, 1907) * ''

Ctenolucius hujeta ''Ctenolucius hujeta'', also known as silver gar, rocket gar, hujeta gar and freshwater barracuda, is a slender, medium-sized freshwater fish found in Venezuela and Colombia, where it is known as "''agujeta''"; Spanish for "shoelace". Large sp ...

'' (

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, 1850) (gar characin)

References

* Ctenoluciidae Taxa named by Theodore Gill {{Characiformes-stub