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Alestidae (African characins)

Synonyms: Alestiidae; Hydrocinidae

Wikipedia Abstract

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

Alestes (Characin) (7)
Alestion (1)
Alestopetersius (Tetra) (10)   (2)
Arnoldichthys (Tetra) (1)   (1)
Bathyaethiops (Tetra) (6)
Brachypetersius (Tetra) (6)
Brycinus (Tetra) (36)   (6)
Bryconaethiops (Featherfin tetra) (5)   (1)
Bryconalestes (2)
Clupeocharax (Tetra) (1)
Hemigrammopetersius (Tetra) (2)
Hemmigrammopetersius (1)
Hydrocynus (5)
Ladigesia (Tetra) (1)   (1)
Lepidarchus (Tetra) (1)
Micralestes (Tetra) (18)   (2)
Nannopetersius (Tetra) (3)
Petersius (African tetra) (2)
Phenacogrammus (Congo tetra) (9)
Rhabdalestes (African tetra) (8)   (1)
Tricuspidalestes (African tetra) (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0