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.
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African tetras (family Alestidae, formerly spelled Alestiidae) are a group of characiform fish found exclusively in Africa. This family contains about...
African and belong to the family Alestidae. Several species belonging to the genus Hydrocynus of the family Alestidae are referred to as "tigerfish", and...
mbenga, is a very large African predatory freshwater fish of the family Alestidae. Hydrocynus goliath is found in the Congo River Basin (including Lualaba...
Lake Ngami in Botswana. The genus Hydrocynus is placed in the family Alestidae within the suborder Characoidei in the order Characiformes by the 5th...
belonging to the biological family Characidae and to its former subfamilies Alestidae (the "African tetras") and Lebiasinidae. The Characidae are distinguished...
Hydrocynus is a genus of large characin fish in the family Alestidae commonly called "tigerfish," native to the African continent. The genus name is derived...
family Alestidae, known as the "African Characidae" as they are found exclusively on that continent. As suggested by that name, they Alestidae was formerly...
elongate tigerfish, is a species of predatory characin from the family Alestidae which is found in northern and western Africa. Hydrocynus forskahlii has...
The redfin robber (Brycinus affinis) is a species of fish in the family Alestidae. It is endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater...
Mamonekene, V. & Stiassny, M.L.J. (2012): A New Bathyaethiops (Characiformes: Alestidae) from the Lékoumou River (Kouilou-Niari Basin) in the Republic of Congo;...
Alestes dentex is a species of freshwater fish in the family Alestidae. It is found in Africa. Alestes dentex is typically found in Central and West Africa...
known as the jellybean tetra, is a very small African fish of the family Alestidae. It is the only member of its genus. Lepidarchus adonis is native to freshwater...
Victoria robber (Brycinus jacksonii) is a species of fish in the family Alestidae. It is found in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. It occurs in Lake...
epuluensis, a new species from the Epulu River (Congo basin), Africa (Teleostei: Alestidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 27 (1): 49-60. v t e...
CHARACIFORMES: Families DISTICHODONTIDAE, CITHARINIDAE, CRENUCHIDAE, ALESTIDAE and HEPSETIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher...
to eat. It is an important bait fish for the African tigerfish (family Alestidae) and, although introduced in Kariba and Cahora Bassa, does not seem to...
Petersius conserialis is a species of fish in the family Alestidae, and the sole member of the genus Petersius. It is endemic to Tanzania. Its natural...
aurantiacus is a species of freshwater African tetra fish in the family Alestidae. Individuals of the species may reach a total length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in)...
Brycinus rhodopleura is a species of fish in the family Alestidae. It is endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. They...
Pangani robber (Rhabdalestes tangensis) is a species of fish in the family Alestidae. It is found in the Pangani River drainages, including Lake Jipe, in Tanzania...
Turkana robber (Brycinus minutus) is a species of fish in the family Alestidae. It is endemic to Lake Turkana in Kenya. Akinyi, E. (2006). "Brycinus...
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