Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomataᵀ Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                       Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                         Clade Pan-Actinopterygii Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                           Clade Actinopterygiiᵀ Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                             Clade Pan-Actinopteri Moore & Near 2020
                                                               Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
                                                                 Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                                                                   Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                                                                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                                                                       Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996 - crown-group Teleostei
                                                                         Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                                                                           Subcohort Otomorpha Wiley & Johnson, 2010
                                                                             Superorder Ostariophysi Sagemehl, 1885
                                                                               Section Otophysa Rosen & Greenwood, 1970
                                                                                 Superorder Characiphysae Fink & Fink, 1981
                                                                                   Order Characiformesᵀ Goodrich, 1909 - characins
                                                                                     Suborder Characoideiᵀ
                                                                                       Superfamily Alestoidea Cockerell, 1910
                                                                                         Family Alestidaeᵀ Cockerell, 1910 - African tetras
                                                                                           Genus Alestesᵀ Müller & Troschel, 1844
                                                                                             [Alestes abeli Fowler, 1936] see Brycinus abeli (Fowler, 1936)
                                                                                             [Alestes affinis Günther, 1894] see Brycinus affinis (Günther, 1894)
                                                                                             Alestes ansorgii Boulenger, 1910
                                                                                             Alestes baremoze (Joannis, 1835)
                                                                                             Alestes bartoni Nichols & La Monte, 1953
                                                                                             Alestes batesii Boulenger, 1903
                                                                                             Alestes bimaculatus Boulenger, 1899
                                                                                             Alestes bouboni Roman, 1973
                                                                                             Alestes carmesinus Nichols & Griscom, 1917
                                                                                             [Alestes chaperi Sauvage, 1882]
                                                                                             Alestes comptus Roberts & Stewart, 1976
                                                                                             Alestes dentex (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
                                                                                             [Alestes derhami (Géry & Mahnert, 1977)] see Brycinus derhami Géry & Mahnert, 1977
                                                                                             Alestes grandisquamis Boulenger, 1899
                                                                                             Alestes humilis Boulenger, 1905
                                                                                             [Alestes jacksonii Boulenger, 1912] see Brycinus jacksonii (Boulenger, 1912)
                                                                                             [Alestes lateralis Boulenger, 1900] see Brycinus lateralis (Boulenger, 1900)
                                                                                             Alestes liebrechtsii Boulenger, 1898
                                                                                             [Alestes longipinnis (Günther, 1864)]
                                                                                             Alestes macrophthalmus Günther, 1867
                                                                                             Alestes peringueyi Boulenger, 1923
                                                                                             [Alestes poptae Pellegrin, 1906] see Brycinus poptae (Pellegrin, 1906)
                                                                                             Alestes rhodopleura Boulenger, 1906
                                                                                             [Alestes sadleri Boulenger, 1906] see Brycinus sadleri (Boulenger, 1906)
                                                                                             Alestes schoutedeni Boulenger, 1912
                                                                                             [Alestes stuhlmanni Pfeffer, 1896] see Alestes stuhlmannii Pfeffer, 1896
                                                                                             Alestes stuhlmannii Pfeffer, 1896
                                                                                             Alestes taeniurus Günther, 1867
                                                                                             Alestes tessmanni Pappenheim, 1911
                                                                                             Alestes tholloni Pellegrin, 1901