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THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE

A branch of the living world.

110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.

These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.

Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.

Family: Alestidae · Clear filter

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SpeciesClassificationSource status
Alestes baremoze (Joannis, 1835)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Alestes dentex (Linnaeus, 1758)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Alestes inferus Stiassny, Schelly & Mamonekene, 2009AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Alestes liebrechtsii Boulenger, 1898AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Alestes macrophthalmus Günther, 1867AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Alestion rapax Roberts, 2019AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Alestopetersius caudalis (Boulenger, 1899)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Alestopetersius compressus (Poll & Gosse, 1963)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Alestopetersius hilgendorfi (Boulenger, 1899)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Alestopetersius nigropterus Poll, 1967AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Alestopetersius smykalai Poll, 1967AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Alestopetersius tumbensis Hoedeman, 1951AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bathyaethiops atercrinis Mamonekene & Stiassny, 2012AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bathyaethiops breuseghemi (Poll, 1945)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus (Pellegrin, 1925)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bathyaethiops flammeus Moritz & Schliewen, 2016AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brachyalestes imberi (Peters, 1852)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brachypetersius altus (Boulenger, 1899)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brachypetersius cadwaladeri (Fowler, 1930)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brachypetersius gabonensis Poll, 1967AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brachypetersius huloti (Poll, 1954)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brachypetersius notospilus (Pellegrin, 1930)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brycinus bartoni (Nichols & La Monte, 1953)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brycinus batesii (Boulenger, 1903)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brycinus bimaculatus (Boulenger, 1899)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brycinus brevis (Boulenger, 1903)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brycinus carmesinus (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brycinus ferox (Hopson & Hopson, 1982)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brycinus fwaensis Géry, 1995AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brycinus humilis (Boulenger, 1905)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brycinus intermedius (Boulenger, 1903)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brycinus jacksonii (Boulenger, 1912)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brycinus lateralis (Boulenger, 1900)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brycinus leuciscus (Günther, 1867)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brycinus luteus (Roman, 1966)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brycinus nigricauda (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1974)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brycinus peringueyi (Boulenger, 1923)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brycinus poptae (Pellegrin, 1906)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brycinus schoutedeni (Boulenger, 1912)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brycinus taeniurus (Günther, 1867)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brycinus tessmanni (Pappenheim, 1911)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bryconaethiops macrops Boulenger, 1920AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bryconaethiops quinquesquamae Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1990AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bryconaethiops yseuxi Boulenger, 1899AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Clupeocharax schoutedeni Pellegrin, 1926AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hemigrammopetersius barnardi (Herre, 1936)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hemigrammopetersius pulcher (Boulenger, 1909)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hydrocynus brevis (Günther, 1864)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier, 1819)AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hydrocynus tanzaniae Brewster, 1986AlestidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
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Source and selection

Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n

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First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.