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Family
Alestidae
Cockerell, 1910
- African tetras
(fish)
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Entity:
Alestoidea (Superfamily)
..Hepsetidae (Family) - African pikes
..Lepidarchidae (Family)
..†Mahengecharax (Genus)
..Alestidae (Family) - African tetras
....Alestes (Genus)
....Alestion (Genus)
....Alestopetersius (Genus)
....Bathyaethiops (Genus)
....Brachyalestes (Genus)
....Brachypetersius (Genus)
....Brycinus (Genus)
....Bryconaethiops (Genus)
....Bryconalestes (Genus)
....Clupeocharax (Genus)
....Hemigrammopetersius (Genus)
....Hydrocynus (Genus)
....Ladigesia (Genus)
....Micralestes (Genus)
....Nannopetersius (Genus)
....Petersius (Genus)
....Phenacogrammus (Genus)
....Rhabdalestes (Genus)
....Tricuspidalestes (Genus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(T.D.A. Cockerell, 1910) Géry, 1977
Original name
:
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910.
Smiths. Misc. Coll.
56
(1), 7 May 1910: 4 (tribe "Alestini").
Subsequent rank (orig. spell.)
:
Géry, 1977: 18.
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Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Alestinae
(Subfamily)
Cockerell, 1910
Type
:
Alestes
(Genus)
Müller & Troschel, 1844
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025; 21 May 2012.
[inferred]
Variants
Basionym
:
Alestidi
(Tribe)
Hoedeman, 1951, orth. inval.
Current spelling
:
Alestiidae
(Family)
Nelson, 2006, nom. illeg.
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 155.
Former spelling
:
Alestiidae
(Family)
Nelson, 2006, nom. illeg.
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 196.
Synonyms
Including
:
Hydrocyninae
(Subfamily)
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025; 27 May 2025.
[inferred]
Including
:
Petersiini
(Tribe)
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025; 27 May 2025.
[inferred]
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
African tetras
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 196; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
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Last updated:
28 Aug 2026