Micralestes schelly Stiassny & Mamonekene, 2007
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Micralestes schelly Stiassny & Mamonekene, 2007
- Name authority
- Stiassny & Mamonekene, 2007
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Alestidae
- Genus
- Micralestes
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCharaciformes
- suborderCharacoidei
- familyAlestidae Cockerell, 1910
- genusMicralestes Boulenger, 1899
- speciesMicralestes schelly Stiassny & Mamonekene, 2007
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Micralestes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Micralestes argyrotaenia Trewavas, 1936 | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micralestes comoensis Poll & Roman, 1967 | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micralestes congicus Poll, 1967 | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micralestes eburneensis Daget, 1965 | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micralestes elongatus Daget, 1957 | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micralestes fodori Matthes, 1965 | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micralestes lualabae Poll, 1967 | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micralestes stormsi Boulenger, 1902 | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micralestes vittatus (Boulenger, 1917) | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micralestes sardina Poll, 1938 | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micralestes acutidens (Peters, 1852) | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micralestes ambiguus Géry, 1995 | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Stiassny, M. L. J., & Mamonekene, V. (2007). Micralestes (Characiformes, Alestidae) of the lower Congo River, with a description of a new species endemic to the lower Congo River rapids in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Zootaxa, 1614: 17–29. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1614.1.2 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:42Q6F. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.