Alestidae

African tetras (family Alestidae, formerly spelled Alestiidae) are a group of characiform fish exclusively found in Africa.[1] This family contains about 18 genera and 119 species. Among the best known members are the Congo tetra, and African tigerfish.

Alestidae
Brycinus longipinnis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Suborder: Characoidei
Family: Alestidae
Cockerell 1910
Genera

Taxonomy

Taxonomy based on Van der Laan 2017[2] and Nelson, Grande & Wilson 2016.[3]

  • Family Alestiidae Cockerell 1910
    • Genus †Alestoides Monod & Gaudant 1998
    • Genus †Arabocharax Micklich & Roscher 1990
    • Genus †Bunocharax Van Neer 1994
    • Genus †Eurocharax Gaudant 1980
    • Genus †Mahengecharax Murray 2003
    • Genus †Sindacharax Greenwood & Howes 1975
    • Genus Brycinus Valenciennes 1850 [Brycinus macrolepidotus species-group]
    • Subfamily Bryconaethiopinae Hoedeman 1951
      • Genus Bryconaethiops Günther 1873
      • Genus Brachyalestes Günther 1864 [Brycinus nurse species-group]
    • Subfamily Petersiinae Poll 1967
    • Subfamily Alestinae Roberts 1969

References

  1. Nelson, Joseph S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-25031-7
  2. van der Laan, Richard (December 2017). Freshwater fish list (PDF) (23rd ed.). p. 997. ISSN 2468-9157.
  3. Nelson, Joseph S.; Terry C. Grande; Mark V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118342336.


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