Alestes
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Alestes
| Alestes | |
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| Alestes baremoze | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Superfamily: | Alestioidea |
| Family: | Alestidae |
| Genus: | Alestes J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1846 |
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Alestes is a genus in the family Alestidae, known as the "African Characidae" as they are found exclusively on that continent. Myletes is a synonym of Alestes.[1] Within the Lake Chad basin, Alestes and Hydrocynus, collectively known as salanga, are lightly smoked and dried.[2]
Species
- Alestes baremoze (Joannis, 1835) (Silversides)
- Alestes comptus T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
- Alestes dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) (Characin)
- Alestes inferus Stiassny, Schelly & Mamonekene, 2009
- Alestes liebrechtsii Boulenger, 1898
- Alestes macrophthalmus Günther, 1867 (Torpedo robber)
- Alestes stuhlmannii Pfeffer, 1896
Notes and references
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Alestes in FishBase. October 2011 version.
- ^ Myletes Cuvier, 1814, Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ^ Fisheries Development Within the Framework of the Lake Chad Basin Commission by A. Staunch, presented at the Symposium on the Evaluation of Fishery Resources in the Development and Management of Inland Fisheries, 1972 (hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization)
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