Boulengeromyrus:
Dedicated to G.A. Boulenger (1858-1937), curator of ichthyology and herpetology, British Museum (Natural History) London; he described, aside from 72 new genera and 846 new species of African fishes, 195 genera of fishes, amphibians and reptiles with 1678 species from all over the World (Poll, 1967).
See also Mormyrops boulengeri.
-myrus: from name of order, see Genus Mormyrus.