Say hello to my Boulengerella Cuvieri :D

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People didnt believe me when i got these. Judge for urself : ) would love a knowledgeable person to confirm that it is in fact the holy cuvieri : D

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I do not think it is a Cuvieri ( but I may be wrong ).

But i'll say hello to it, in any case! Lovely fish!
 
Boulengerella lucius or Boulengerella lateristriga

 
according to catalog of fishes http://research.calacademy.org/rese...asp?contains=Boulengerella+lucius&tbl=Species
lucius = cuvieri

" cuvieri, Xiphostoma Spix & Agassiz 1829:79, Pl. 42 [Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annos MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I.... colleget et pingendso curavit Dr J. B. de Spix....; ref. 13]. Rivers of Brazil. Holotype (unique): MHNN 823. Type catalog: Kottelat 1984:146 [ref. 21784], Kottelat 1988:84 [ref. 13380]. •Synonym of Boulengerella lucius (Cuvier 1816) -- (Taphorn 1992:403 [ref. 23654]). •Valid as Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz 1829) -- (Vari 1995:74 [ref. 21840], Chang & Ortega 1995:3 [ref. 24302], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:252 [ref. 27061] with author as Agassiz). Current status: Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz 1829). Ctenoluciidae. Distribution: Amazon, Tocantins, Orinoco, Essequibo and Oyapock river basins and Amapá and Pará rivers in Brazil: Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Peru and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater. "
 
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