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Species in the family or subfamily Ctenoluciidae: [ 13 ] records

beani, Belonocharax Fowler [H. W.] 1907:464, Fig. 51 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 58 (for 1906); ref. 1374] Truando, Río Atrato basin, Isthmus of Darien, Colombia. Holotype: ANSP 16642 [ex USNM 1658]. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:43 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Ctenolucius beani (Fowler 1907) -- (Vari 1995:52 [ref. 21840], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:253 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:45 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Ctenolucius beani (Fowler 1907). Ctenoluciidae. Distribution: Atrato and San Juan River basins of northwestern Colombia and Pacific versant rivers of Panama: Colombia and Panama. Habitat: freshwater.

cuvieri, Xiphostoma Spix [J. B. von] & Agassiz [L.] 1829:79, Pl. 42 [Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam; ref. 13] Rivers of Brazil. Holotype (unique): MHNN 823. Type catalog: Kottelat 1984:146 [ref. 21784], Kottelat 1988:84 [ref. 13380]. •Synonym of Boulengerella lucius (Cuvier 1816) -- (Taphorn 1992:403 [ref. 23654]). •Valid as Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz 1829) -- (Vari 1995:74 [ref. 21840], Chang & Ortega 1995:3 [ref. 24302], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:252 [ref. 27061] with author as Agassiz, Barriga Salazar 2014:110 [ref. 35745], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:45 [ref. 35633] with author as Agassiz, Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:83 [ref. 35773], Silvano et al. 2020:92 [ref. 38133], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:15 [ref. 39298], Koerber et al. 2022:27 [ref. 39235], Taphorn et al. 2022:22 [ref. 41297], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:456 [ref. 40760], Oliveira et al. 2025:2 [ref. 42038]). Current status: Valid as Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz 1829). Ctenoluciidae. Distribution: South America: Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

hujeta, Xiphostoma Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:358 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Rivers of Lake Maracaibo basin, Venezuela. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-4231. Paralectotypes: MNHN 1991-0292 [ex MNHN 0000-4231] (2). Type catalog: Bertin 1948:31 [ref. 19577]. Lectotype selected by Vari 1995:52 [ref. 21840]. •Valid as Ctenolucius hujeta (Valenciennes 1850) -- (Vari 1995:43 [ref. 21840], Galvis et al. 1997:30 [ref. 23651], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:253 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:45 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Ctenolucius hujeta (Valenciennes 1850). Ctenoluciidae. Distribution: Magdalena and Sinú River basins and rivers draining into Lake Maracaibo: Colombia and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

insculptus, Luciocharax Steindachner [F.] 1878:91 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 15 (no. 12) (for 9 May 1878); ref. 20476] Cienaga, Río Magdalena, Colombia. Lectotype: NMW 68252. Paralectotypes: NMW 68253-54 (1, 3); ZMUC 990 (1) Cauca. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:45 [ref. 9588]. Species later illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1879:67 [p. 51 of separate], Pl. 13 (figs. 2-2b) [ref. 4227]. Lectotype selected by Vari 1995:52 [ref. 21840]. •Synonym of Ctenolucius hujeta (Valenciennes 1850) -- (Vari 1995:43 [ref. 21840], Galvis et al. 1997:30 [ref. 23651], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:253 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Ctenolucius hujeta (Valenciennes 1850). Ctenoluciidae. Habitat: freshwater.

lateristriga, Xiphostoma Boulenger [G. A.] 1895:449 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 15 (no. 89) (art. 51); ref. 14577] Manaus, Brazil. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1893.4.24.28. •Valid as Boulengerella lateristriga (Boulenger 1895) -- (Vari 1995:59 [ref. 21840], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:252 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:45 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Boulengerella lateristriga (Boulenger 1895). Ctenoluciidae. Distribution: Amazon and Orinoco river basins: Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

longipinne, Xiphostoma Steindachner [F.] 1876:132 [84] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 74 (1. Abth.); ref. 4225] Mouth of Rio Negro, Brazil. Holotype (unique): NMW (not found). On p. 84 of separate. •Synonym of Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz 1829) or Boulengerella lucius (Cuvier 1816) -- (Vari 1995:74, 80 [ref. 21840]). •Questionably a synonym of Boulengerella lucius (Cuvier 1816) -- (Taphorn 1992:403 [ref. 23654]). •Synonym of Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz 1829) -- (Vari in Reis et al. 2003:252 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz 1829). Ctenoluciidae. Habitat: freshwater.

lucius, Hydrocynus Cuvier [G.] 1816:168 [Le Règne Animal; ref. 993] Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-8601 (dry). Type catalog: Bertin 1948:30 [ref. 19577]. Regarded as available from footnote. Also appeared in Cuvier 1819:359, Pl. 26 (fig. 3) [ref. 1017]. •Valid as Boulengerella lucia (Cuvier 1816) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:10 [ref. 9708], Géry et al. 1991:6 [ref. 21021]). •Valid as Boulengerella lucius (Cuvier 1816) -- (Taphorn 1992:403 [ref. 23654], Vari 1995:69 [ref. 21840], Chang & Ortega 1995:7 [ref. 24302], Planquette et al. 1996:182 [ref. 22818], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:252 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:36 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:72 [ref. 28131], Barriga Salazar 2014:110 [ref. 35745], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:45 [ref. 35633], Taphorn et al. 2022:22 [ref. 41297], Oliveira et al. 2025:4 [ref. 42038]). Current status: Valid as Boulengerella lucius (Cuvier 1816). Ctenoluciidae. Distribution: Amazon and Orinoco River basins: Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Guyana and Venezuela. IUCN (2023): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

maculatum, Xiphostoma Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:357 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Amazon River, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-4232. Type catalog: Bertin 1948:30 [ref. 19577]. •Valid as Boulengerella maculata (Valenciennes 1850) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:10 [ref. 9708], Vari 1995:63 [ref. 21840], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:252 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:110 [ref. 35745], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:45 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:83 [ref. 35773], Silvano et al. 2020:95 [ref. 38133], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:15 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Boulengerella maculata (Valenciennes 1850). Ctenoluciidae. Distribution: South America: Amazon, Tocantins and Orinoco river basins (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

ocellatum, Xiphostoma Jardine [W.] in Schomburgk 1841:245, Pl. 23 [The Natural history of fishes of Guiana Part I; ref. 18707] Essequibo River, Guyana. Lectotype: MNHN A-9853. Paralectotypes: (2, not found) Rio Negro and Rio Branco, Brazil. Type catalog: Bertin 1948:30 [ref. 19577]. Lectotype selected by Vari 1995:79 [ref. 21840]. •Synonym of Boulengerella lucius (Cuvier 1816) -- (Taphorn 1992:403 [ref. 23654]). •Synonym of Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz 1829) -- (Vari 1995:74 [ref. 21840], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:252 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz 1829). Ctenoluciidae. Habitat: freshwater.

oseryi, Xiphostoma Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:76, Pl. 40 (fig. 1) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Rio Tocantins, Pará, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-4233 (head and skin). •Synonym of Boulengerella lucius (Cuvier 1816) -- (Taphorn 1992:403 [ref. 23654]). •Synonym of Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz 1829) -- (Vari 1995:74 [ref. 21840], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:252 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz 1829). Ctenoluciidae. Habitat: freshwater.

striatus, Luciocharax Boulenger [G. A.] 1911:212 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 7 (no. 38); ref. 14777] Boca de Calima, Chocó Dept., southwestern Colombia, elevation 5200 feet. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1919.7.11.210. •Synonym of Ctenolucius beani (Fowler 1907) -- (Vari 1995:53 [ref. 21840], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:253 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Ctenolucius beani (Fowler 1907). Ctenoluciidae. Habitat: freshwater.

taedo, Xiphostoma Cope [E. D.] 1872:267, Pl. 13 (fig. 2) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 23; ref. 921] Río Ambyiacu, Peru. Lectotype: ANSP 7958. Paralectotypes: ANSP 7959 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:66 [ref. 13621] as holotype and paratype. Lectotype established by Fowler 1907:463 [ref. 1374]. •Synonym of Boulengerella maculata (Valenciennes 1850) -- (Vari 1995:63 [ref. 21840], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:253 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Boulengerella maculata (Valenciennes 1850). Ctenoluciidae. Habitat: freshwater.

xyrekes, Boulengerella Vari [R. P.] 1995:82, Figs. 46-50 [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 564; ref. 21840] Cachoeira de Bicho-Açu, about 0°20'S, 65°20'W, Rio Marauiá, Rio Negro basin, Amazonas, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 32163. Paratypes: MZUSP 32164 (6), 44743 (2); USNM 324054 (2), 319783 (1, c&s). Plus additional non-type material. Type catalog: Oyakawa 1996:452-453 [ref. 23140]. •Valid as Boulengerella xyrekes Vari 1995 -- (Chang & Ortega 1995:3 [ref. 24302], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:253 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:45 [ref. 35633], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:15 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Boulengerella xyrekes Vari 1995. Ctenoluciidae. Distribution: South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins (Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.