''Ctenolucius'' is a genus of

pike-characin The Ctenoluciidae (meaning "comb light family"), also known as pike-characins, are a small family of freshwater fishes from Panama and South America. They have elongated, pike-like bodies, and several sharp and conical teeth. They are relativel ...

s found in southern Central America (

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

) and northwestern South America (

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

and

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

). The currently described species in this genus are: * ''

Ctenolucius beani ''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'' (Henry Weed Fowler, Fowle ...

'' ( Fowler, 1907) * ''

Ctenolucius hujeta ''Ctenolucius hujeta'', also known as silver gar, rocket gar, hujeta gar and freshwater barracuda, is a slender, medium-sized freshwater fish found in Venezuela and Colombia, where it is known as "''agujeta''"; Spanish for "shoelace". Large sp ...

'' (

Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...

, 1850) (gar characin)

References

* Ctenoluciidae Taxa named by Theodore Gill {{Characiformes-stub