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