Alestopetersius is a genus of characins, fish found mostly in Congo River Basin in Middle Africa with one species (A. smykalai) from the lower Niger River in Nigeria. There are currently 10 described species in this genus.
| Alestopetersius | |
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| Alestopetersius caudalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Alestidae |
| Subfamily: | Petersiinae |
| Genus: | Alestopetersius Hoedeman, 1951 |
| Synonyms | |
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Duboisialestes Poll, 1967 | |
Species
edit- Alestopetersius bifasciatus (Poll, 1967)
- Alestopetersius brichardi Poll, 1967
- Alestopetersius caudalis (Boulenger, 1899) (Yellowtail tetra)
- Alestopetersius compressus (Poll & J. P. Gosse, 1963)
- Alestopetersius conspectus Mbimbe & Stiassny, 2012[1]
- Alestopetersius hilgendorfi (Boulenger, 1899)
- Alestopetersius leopoldianus (Boulenger, 1899)
- Alestopetersius nigropterus Poll, 1967
- Alestopetersius smykalai Poll, 1967
- Alestopetersius tumbensis Hoedeman, 1951
References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Alestopetersius". FishBase. October 2011 version.
- ^ Mbimbi M.M., J.J. & Stiassny, M.L.J. (2012). "A new Alestopetersius (Characiformes: Alestidae) from the Kwilu River (Kasai basin) of central Africa; with a phylogeny for the genus and synonymy of Duboisialestes". Zootaxa. 3166: 59–68.
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