bicuda

Boulengerella cuvieri

Eighty Eight Centimeters Ctenoluciid Fish of the Orinoco Basin

Tropical
Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
South America
Elongated
Large
Tropical fish

Boulengerella cuiveri, commonly known as the bicuda, is a species of pike-characin in the family Ctenoluciidae. The fish is named in honor of French naturalist and zoologist Georges Cuvier (1769–1832), because he was first to accurately diagnose the family Salmones, which at that time included all characiform fishes.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Characins
Family: Ctenoluciidae
Genus: Boulengerella
Maximum length: 88 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: South America: Rio Amazonas, Rio Tocantins, Río Orinoco, Essequibo River, Oyapock River [= Rio Oiapoque] and rivers of Amapá, and Pará, Brazil.

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