Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Characiformes
Familia: Ctenoluciidae
Genus: Ctenolucius
Species: C. beani – C. hujeta
Name
Ctenolucius Gill, 1861: 8
Type species: Xiphostoma hujeta Valenciennes, 1850
Type by subsequent monotypy
Appeared first without a definite species for specimens similar to Xiphostoma hujeta; type established by Bean, 1908: 701, who identified the specimens as X. hujeta
Gender: masculine
Synonyms
Belonocharax Fowler, 1907
Luciocharax Steindachner, 1879
References
Gill, T.N. 1861: Catalogue of the fishes of the eastern coast of North America, from Greenland to Georgia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 13 (Suppl.): 1–63.
Bean, B.A. 1908: On Ctenolucius Gill, a neglected genus of characin fishes, with notes on the typical species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 33 (1588): 701–703.
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, no. 564: iv + 97 pp. PDF
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
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
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ctenolucius". FishBase. October 2011 version.
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