Alestopetersius is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Alestidae, the African tetras. These fishes found mostly in Congo River Basin in Middle Africa with one species, A. smykalai, from the lower Niger River in Nigeria.
| Alestopetersius | |
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| Alestopetersius caudalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Alestidae |
| Genus: | Alestopetersius Hoedeman, 1951[1] |
| Type species | |
| Petersius hilgendorfi | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
editAlestopetersius contains the following valid species:[2]
- Alestopetersius bifasciatus (Poll, 1967)
- Alestopetersius bleheri (Géry, 1995)
- Alestopetersius brichardi Poll, 1967
- Alestopetersius caudalis (Boulenger, 1899)
- Alestopetersius compressus (Poll & Gosse, 1963)
- Alestopetersius conspectus Mbimbi Mayi Munene & Stiassny, 2012
- Alestopetersius hilgendorfi (Boulenger, 1899)
- Alestopetersius leopoldianus (Boulenger, 1899)
- Alestopetersius nigropterus Poll, 1967
- Alestopetersius smykalai Poll, 1967
- Alestopetersius taeniatus (Géry, 1996)
- Alestopetersius tumbensis (Hoedeman 1951)
References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Alestopetersius". FishBase. October 2011 version.
- 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Alestidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Alestopetersius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
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