Alestidae

Phenacogrammus interruptus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Characiformes

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
Genera (21): Alestes – Alestopetersius – Arnoldichthys – Bathyaethiops – Brachypetersius – Brycinus – Bryconalestes – Bryconaethiops – Clupeocharax – Hemigrammopetersius – Hydrocynus – Ladigesia – Lepidarchus – Micralestes – Nannopetersius – Petersius – Phenacogrammus – Rhabdalestes – Tricuspidalestes – Virilia – †Sindacharax

Name

Alestidae Fowler, 1958

Type genus: Alestes Müller & Troschel, 1844

Synonymy

• Alestidi Fowler, 1958
• Alestiidae Roberts, 1969
• Alestiinae Roberts, 1969

References

• Fowler, H.W. 1958: Some new taxonomic names of fishlike vertebrates. Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) 310: 1–16. PDF
• Gery, J., 1995: Description of new or poorly known Alestinae (Telostei: Characiformes: Alestidae) from Africa, with a note on the generic concept of the Alestinae. International Journal of Ichthyology 1 (4): 37–63.
• Murray, A.M., & K.M. Stewart 2002: Phylogenetic relationships of the African genera Alestes and Brycinus (Teleostei, Characiformes, Alestidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 80 (11): 1887–1899. DOI: 10.1139/z02-168
• Oliveira, C. et al. 2011: Phylogenetic relationships within the speciose family Characidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes) based on multilocus analysis and extensive ingroup sampling. BMC evolutionary biology 11: 275. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-275 Reference page. 
• Roberts, T.R. 1969: Osteology and relationships of characoid fishes, particularly the genera Hepsetus, Salminus, Hoplias, Ctenolucius, and Acestrorhynchus. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 36(15): 391–500. BHL
• Zanata, A.M. & Vari, R.P. 2005: The family Alestidae (Ostariophysi, Characiformes): a phylogenetic analysis of a trans-Atlantic clade. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 145: 1–144. PDF

Links

• Alestiidae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). (synonymy out of date)
• Alestidae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). (synonymy out of date)
• Alestidae  and its species in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Genera of Alestidae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Afrikanische Salmler
English: African tetras, African characins
lietuvių: Afrikinės tetros
Nederlands: Afrikaanse karperzalmen
norsk: Afrikanske tetraer
polski: Alestesowate
தமிழ்: அலெஸ்ட்டீடீ
ไทย: ปลาเตตร้าแอฟริกัน
中文: 非洲脂鯉科

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