Boehlkea

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Boehlkea
Boehlkea fredcochui.jpg
Cochu's blue tetra (Boehlkea fredcochui)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Stevardiidae
Subfamily: Diapominae
Genus: Boehlkea
Géry, 1966 [1]
Type species
Boehlkea fredcochui
Géry, 1966 [1]

Boehlkea is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Stevardiidae. [1] The fishes in this genus are found in the Amazon basin in South America. [2]

Species

Boehlkea contains the following valid species: [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Diapominae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Thomaz, A.T.; Arcila, D.; Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive trait". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15 (1) 146. Bibcode:2015BMCEE..15..146T. doi: 10.1186/s12862-015-0403-4 . PMC   4669599 . Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Boehlkea". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 12 September 2025.
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