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Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Characiformes
family
Ctenoluciidae
genus
Boulengerella
species
Boulengerella cuvieri

Name

Synonyms
Boulengerella longipinne (Steindachner, 1876)
Boulengerella ocellata (Jardine, 1841)
Hydocynus cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
Hydrocinus cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
Hydrocynus cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
Hydrocynus longipinnis (Steindachner, 1876)
Xiphostoma cuvieri Spix & Agassiz, 1829
Xiphostoma longipinne Steindachner, 1876
Xiphostoma ocellatum Jardine, 1841
Xiphostoma oseryi Castelnau, 1855
Xiphystoma ocellatum Jardine, 1841
Homonyms
Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
Common names
Agujeta in Spanish
Bicuda in Portuguese
Characin-pic in French
Characin-pic, Characin brochet, Boulengerella de Cuvier in French
Dente-de-cão in Portuguese
Piakoko in French
Piapoukou, Piakoko in language.
Picua in Spanish
Pike characin in English
Pike characin in English
Pilapuku in language.
Pilapuku in language.
Pirapoucou in Portuguese
Pirapucu in English
Pirapucu, Bicuda in language.
Tukusi in language.
Ueua in Portuguese
Wayabra wayapuk in language.
štikovka brazilská in Czech
Ксифостома Кювье in Russian
Piakoko in French
Agujeta in Spanish
Bicuda in Portuguese
Dente-de-cão in Portuguese
Picua in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  3. Vari, R. P. 1995. The Neotropical fish family Ctenoluciidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes): supra and intrafamilial phylogenetic relationships, with a revisionary study. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 564: 1-97.
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