Bathyaethiops

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
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
Genus: Bathyaethiops
Species: B. atercrinis – B. baka – B. breuseghemi – B. caudomaculatus – B. flammeus – B. greeni
Name

Bathyaethiops Fowler, 1949

Type species: Bathyaethiops greeni Fowler, 1949
Synonyms

Alestogrammus Hoedeman, 1956
Microlepidalestes Hoedeman, 1951

References

Fowler, H. W.; 1949: Results of the two Carpenter African expeditions, 1946-1948. Pt. II The fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 101: 233–275.
Hoedeman, J. J.; 1951: Studies on African characid fishes I. The tribe Alestidi. Beaufortia, 1 (3): 1–8.
Hoedeman, J. J.; 1956: Aquariumvissen Encyclopedie. De Bezige Bij. Amsterdam. 2: 530–728.
Mamonekene, V. & Stiassny, M. L. J.; 2012: A New Bathyaethiops (Characiformes: Alestidae) from the Lékoumou River (Kouilou-Niari Basin) in the Republic of Congo; First Record of the Genus in the Lower Guinean Ichthyofaunal Province. Copeia, 2012 (3): 478–483.
Moritz, T. & Schliewen, U.K. 2016. Description of two new Bathyaethiops species (Teleostei: Alestidae) from the Congo basin. Zootaxa 4117(4): 476–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.2. Reference page.

Links

Bathyaethiops and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Bathyaethiops is a genus of African tetras that are found in Cameroon, Congo and Democratic Republic of Congo.[1]
Species

There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:

Bathyaethiops atercrinis Mamonekene & Stiassny, 2012 (Black-fin moon tetra) [2]
Bathyaethiops baka Moritz & Schliewen, 2016 (Dwarf moon tetra) [3]
Bathyaethiops breuseghemi (Poll, 1945) (Rectangle-spot moon tetra)
Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus (Pellegrin, 1925) (African moon tetra)
Bathyaethiops flammeus Moritz & Schliewen, 2016 (Red-back moon tetra) [3]
Bathyaethiops greeni Fowler, 1949 (Green's moon tetra)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Bathyaethiops in FishBase. January 2016 version.
Mamonekene, V. & Stiassny, M.L.J. (2012): A New Bathyaethiops (Characiformes: Alestidae) from the Lékoumou River (Kouilou-Niari Basin) in the Republic of Congo; First Record of the Genus in the Lower Guinean Ichthyofaunal Province. Copeia, 2012 (3): 478-483.
Moritz, T. & Schliewen, U.K. (2016): Description of two new Bathyaethiops species (Teleostei: Alestidae) from the Congo Basin. Zootaxa, 4117 (4): 476–490.