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Boulengerella Eigenmann 1903 –ella (L.), diminutive connoting endearment: in honor of Belgian-born British ichthyologist-herpetologist George A. Boulenger (1858–1937), British Museum (Natural History), who described B. lateristriga in 1895

Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz 1829) in honor of the “immortal” (translation) Georges Cuvier (1769–1832), French zoologist, described as the first person to accurately diagnose the family Salmones (which at the time included all characiform fishes)

Boulengerella lateristriga (Boulenger 1895) lateralis (L.), of the side; striga (L.), furrow or groove (i.e., streak), presumably referring to dark-gray lateral band

Boulengerella lucius (Cuvier 1816) Latin for pike (Esocidae), referring to its elongate, pike-like body

Boulengerella maculata (Valenciennes 1850) Latin for spotted, referring to blackish spots on unpaired fins (although spots are also on body)

Boulengerella xyrekes Vari 1995 xyrḗkēs (Gr. ξυρήκης), razor (Vari said dagger) or sharp as a razor, referring to overall shape of head and body

Ctenolucius Gill 1861 cteno-, from ktenós (Gr. κτενός), comb, referring to strongly ctenoid scales of C. hujeta; lucius (L.), pike (Esocidae), referring to its elongate, pike-like body

Ctenolucius beani (Fowler 1907) in honor of Barton A. Bean (1860–1947), Assistant Curator of Fishes, United States National Museum (not to be confused with his better-known brother, Tarleton H. Bean, also an ichthyologist)

Ctenolucius hujeta (Valenciennes 1850) local name among fishermen for this species in Venezuela