Animalia > Chordata > Characiformes > Alestidae > Alestopetersius

Alestopetersius (Tetra)

Synonyms: Petersialestes; Rhabdopetersius

Wikipedia Abstract

Alestopetersius is a genus of characins, fish found mostly in Congo River Basin in Middle Africa with one species (A. smykalai) from the lower Niger River in Nigeria. There are currently 10 described species in this genus.
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Species

Alestopetersius bifasciatus (Characin)
Alestopetersius brichardi (Tetra)
Alestopetersius caudalis (Yellow-tailed African tetra)
Alestopetersius compressus (Yellowtail tetra)
Alestopetersius conspectus
Alestopetersius hilgendorfi (Yellowtail tetra)
Alestopetersius leopoldianus (Yellowtail tetra)
Alestopetersius nigropterus (Yellowtail tetra) (Endangered)
Alestopetersius smykalai (Blue Diamond Characin) (Endangered)
Alestopetersius tumbensis (Characin)

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