Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Characiformes
Familia: Alestidae
Genera (21): Alestes – Alestopetersius – Arnoldichthys – Bathyaethiops – Brachypetersius – Brycinus – Bryconaethiops – Bryconaethiops – Clupeocharax – Hemigrammopetersius – Hydrocynus – Ladigesia – Lepidarchus – Micralestes – Nannopetersius – Petersius – Phenacogrammus – Rhabdalestes – Tricuspidalestes – Virilia – †Sindacharax
Name
Alestidae Fowler, 1958
Type genus: Alestes Müller & Troschel, 1844
Synonymy
Alestidi Fowler, 1958
Alestiidae Roberts, 1969
Alestiinae Roberts, 1969
References
Fowler, H.W. 1958: Some new taxonomic names of fishlike vertebrates. Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) 310: 1–16. PDF
Gery, J., 1995: Description of new or poorly known Alestinae (Telostei: Characiformes: Alestidae) from Africa, with a note on the generic concept of the Alestinae. International Journal of Ichthyology 1 (4): 37–63.
Murray, A.M., & K.M. Stewart 2002: Phylogenetic relationships of the African genera Alestes and Brycinus (Teleostei, Characiformes, Alestidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 80 (11): 1887–1899. DOI: 10.1139/z02-168
Oliveira, C. et al. 2011: Phylogenetic relationships within the speciose family Characidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes) based on multilocus analysis and extensive ingroup sampling. BMC evolutionary biology 11: 275. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-275 Reference page.
Roberts, T.R. 1969: Osteology and relationships of characoid fishes, particularly the genera Hepsetus, Salminus, Hoplias, Ctenolucius, and Acestrorhynchus. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 36(15): 391–500. BHL
Zanata, A.M. & Vari, R.P. 2005: The family Alestidae (Ostariophysi, Characiformes): a phylogenetic analysis of a trans-Atlantic clade. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 145: 1–144. PDF
Links
Alestiidae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). (synonymy out of date)
Alestidae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). (synonymy out of date)
Alestidae and its species in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.
Genera of Alestidae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Afrikanische Salmler
English: African tetras, African characins
lietuvių: Afrikinės tetros
Nederlands: Afrikaanse karperzalmen
norsk: Afrikanske tetraer
polski: Alestesowate
தமிழ்: அலெஸ்ட்டீடீ
ไทย: ปลาเตตร้าแอฟริกัน
中文: 非洲脂鯉科
African tetras (family Alestidae, formerly spelled Alestiidae) are a group of characiform fish found exclusively in Africa.[1] This family contains about 18 genera and 119 species. Among the best known members are the Congo tetra, and African tigerfish.
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 Arnoldichthys G. S. Myers, 1926 [Brycinus macrolepidotus species-group]
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
Genus Alestopetersius Hoedeman, 1951 inc. Duboisialestes Poll 1967
Genus Bathyaethiops Fowler, 1949
Genus Brachypetersius Hoedeman, 1956
Genus Clupeocharax Pellégrin, 1926
Genus Nannopetersius Hoedeman, 1951
Genus Petersius Hilgendorf, 1894
Genus Phenacogrammus Eigenmann, 1907
Genus Tricuspidalestes Poll, 1967
Subfamily Alestinae Roberts, 1969
Genus Alestes Müller & Troschel, 1844
Genus Bryconalestes Hoedeman, 1951 [Brycinus longipinnis species-group]
Genus Hemigrammopetersius Pellégrin 1926
Genus Hydrocynus Cuvier, 1816
Genus Ladigesia Géry, 1968
Genus Micralestes Boulenger, 1899
Genus Rhabdalestes Hoedeman, 1951
References
Nelson, Joseph S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-25031-7
van der Laan, Richard (December 2017). Freshwater fish list (PDF) (23rd ed.). p. 997. ISSN 2468-9157.
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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