Talk:Bryconalestes

Bryconalestes is considered a synonym of Alestes by Catalog of Fishes and a synonym of Brycinus by FishBase, but is retained here based on the rather well-corroborated phylogenetic results of Zanata and Vari [2005: 92 (cladogram), 105-106 (supporting characters)]. They found B. derhami, B. intermedius, and B. longipinnis to constitute a distinct clade that is sister to the majority of Alestidae, viz., sister to a group (the "small alestids") consisting of Micralestes, Rhabdalestes, Hemigrammopetersius, Virilia, Brachypetersius, Clupeocharax, Tricuspidalestes, Ladigesia, Lepidarchus, Alestopetersius, Duboisialestes, Nannopetersius, and Phenacogrammus.

Given this phylogenetic position, retention of Bryconalestes as a distinct genus appears eminently warranted.

--MKOliver (talk) 03:31, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Catalog of Fishes actually seems a bit confused on this, since, despite stating Bryconalestes as synonym of Alestes, it gives two other recent references (now also included below), both of which (it says) held Bryconalestes to be valid, rather than a synonym. Koumz (talk) 23:10, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

November 2012 update

Catalog of Fishes now follows Zanata and Vari 2005 in recognizing Bryconalestes as valid genus. Koumz (talk) 18:43, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

References

• 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
• Mirande, J.M. 2009: Weighted parsimony phylogeny of the family Characidae (Teleostei: Characiformes). Cladistics 25 (6): 574–613. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00262.x
• Mirande, J.M. 2010: Phylogeny of the family Characidae (Teleostei: Characiformes) from characters to taxonymy. Neotropical Ichthyology 8 (1): 385-568.

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Bryconalestes species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Bryconalestes and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.