Family of fishes
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
- Subfamily Petersiinae Poll, 1967
- Subfamily Alestinae Roberts, 1969
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