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Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Ctenoluciidae (Pike-characids)
Etymology: Boulengerella: From George Albert Boulenger (1858-1937); he revised the works of Günther about Percoidei (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

Issue
Redescribed with synonymy in Vari (1995:63).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; pelagic; pH range: 6.0 - 7.5; dH range: ? - 18. Tropical; 23°C - 27°C (Ref. 1672)

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South America: Rio Amazonas, Rio Tocantins and Rio Orinoco.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 31.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 38209)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 10 - 12; Vertebrae: 46 - 49. The location of the dorsal fin base largely posterior of the vertical through the anal fin origin distinguishes the species from its congeners except for B. lateristriga. The lack of a dark, narrow stripe on the lateral surface of the body, the marmorated caudal fin pigmentation, and the series of dark pupil-size spots scattered over the dorsolateral and dorsal surfaces of the body contrast with the pigmentation of that species. They also differ in scale counts.

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Vari, R.P., 1995. The Neotropical fish family Ctenoluciidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes): supra and intrafamilial phylogenetic relationships, with a revisionary study. Smithson. Contri. Zool. No. 564, 97 p. (Ref. 13118)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 21 October 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: public aquariums

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5391 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00309 (0.00156 - 0.00611), b=3.21 (3.03 - 3.39), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.2 ±0.73 se; based on food items.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Boulengerella maculata (Valenciennes, 1850)