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African Tetras

Alestidae

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Alestidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Alestidae
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Alestidae
Recognized by Eswatini Species List, Egypt Species List, Angola Species List, Benin Species List, Botswana Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Cameroon Species List, Central African Republic Species List, Chad Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Gabon Species List, Gambia Species List, Ghana Species List, Guinea Bissau Species List, Guinea Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Kenya Species List, Liberia Species List, Malawi Species List, Mali Species List, Mauritania Species List, Namibia Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Republic of the Congo Species List, Rwanda Species List, Senegal Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, Somalia Species List, South Sudan Species List, South Africa Species List, Sudan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, Togo Species List, Uganda Species List, United Arab Emirates Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Atlantic Species List, South Atlantic Species List, FAO Fishery Statistics, Furui 2020, and OBIS environmental data records
Alestiidae
Family recognized by GBIF classification and Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Alternative Names

Alestidae
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors, FAO Fishery Statistics, Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records France, GBIF national node type records Sweden, Mozambique Species List, GBIF national node type records Germany, NMNH type specimens, IUCN, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, iNaturalist, Fishbase, NMNH Collection, World Register of Marine Species, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Alestidae
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Alestiidae
Synonym according to NCBI
Alestiinae
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Alestiinae
Synonym according to NCBI
Characinus Linnaeus 1758
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hydrocinus Cuvier 1816
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Virilia Roberts 1967
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

African tetras preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa

Arabic

أسماك الراي preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

африкански тетри preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

Alèstid preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

非洲脂鯉科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Croatian

Afrički haracini preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

Afrikaanse karperzalmen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Esperanto

Alestedoj preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Alestit preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Afrikanische Salmler preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

אלסטיים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

アレステス科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and admin

Korean

알레스테스과 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Afrikinės tetros preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

afrikanske tetraer preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

تتراهای آفریقایی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Alestesowate preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Африканские тетры preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tamil

அலெஸ்ட்டீடீ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Thai

วงศ์ปลาเตตร้าแอฟริกัน preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

اسماك الراى preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Mrj

Алестесвлӓ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Alestidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Otomorpha
Ostariophysi
Characiformes
Characoidei
Alestidae (this page)
Alestes
Alestopetersius
Arnoldichthys
Bathyaethiops
Brachypetersius
Brycinus
Bryconaethiops
Clupeocharax
Hemigrammopetersius
Hydrocynus
Ladigesia
Lepidarchus
Micralestes
Nannopetersius
Petersius
Phenacogrammus
Rhabdalestes
Tricuspidalestes
Acestrorhynchidae
Anostomidae
Bryconidae
Chalceidae
Characidae
Chilodontidae
Crenuchidae
Ctenoluciidae
Curimatidae
Cynodontidae
Erythrinidae
Gasteropelecidae
Hemiodontidae
Hepsetidae
Iguanodectidae
Lebiasinidae
Parodontidae
Prochilodontidae
Serrasalmidae
Triportheidae

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Characiformes
Alestidae (this page)
Alestes
Alestopetersius
Arnoldichthys
Bathyaethiops
Brachypetersius
Brycinus
Bryconaethiops
Clupeocharax
Hemigrammopetersius
Hydrocynus
Ladigesia
Lepidarchus
Micralestes
Nannopetersius
Petersius
Phenacogrammus
Rhabdalestes
Tricuspidalestes
Acestrorhynchidae
Anostomidae
Bryconidae
Characidae
Chilodontidae
Citharinidae
Crenuchidae
Ctenoluciidae
Curimatidae
Cynodontidae
Distichodontidae
Erythrinidae
Gasteropelecidae
Hemiodontidae
Hepsetidae
Iguanodectidae
Lebiasinidae
Parodontidae
Prochilodontidae
Serrasalmidae
Triportheidae

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Otomorpha
Ostariophysi
Characiformes
Characoidei
Alestidae (this page)
Alestes
Alestopetersius
Arnoldichthys
Bathyaethiops
Brachypetersius
Brycinus
Bryconaethiops
Clupeocharax
Hemigrammopetersius
Hydrocynus
Ladigesia
Lepidarchus
Micralestes
Nannopetersius
Petersius
Phenacogrammus
Rhabdalestes
Tricuspidalestes
Acestrorhynchidae
Anostomidae
Bryconidae
Chalceidae
Characidae
Chilodontidae
Crenuchidae
Ctenoluciidae
Curimatidae
Cynodontidae
Erythrinidae
Gasteropelecidae
Hemiodontidae
Hepsetidae
Iguanodectidae
Lebiasinidae
Parodontidae
Prochilodontidae
Serrasalmidae
Triportheidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Otomorpha
Ostariophysi
Characiformes
Characoidei
Alestidae (this page)
Alestes
Alestopetersius
Arnoldichthys
Bathyaethiops
Brachypetersius
Brycinus
Bryconaethiops
Clupeocharax
Hemigrammopetersius
Hydrocynus
Ladigesia
Lepidarchus
Micralestes
Nannopetersius
Petersius
Phenacogrammus
Rhabdalestes
Tricuspidalestes
Acestrorhynchidae
Anostomidae
Bryconidae
Chalceidae
Characidae
Chilodontidae
Crenuchidae
Ctenoluciidae
Curimatidae
Cynodontidae
Erythrinidae
Gasteropelecidae
Hemiodontidae
Hepsetidae
Iguanodectidae
Lebiasinidae
Parodontidae
Prochilodontidae
Serrasalmidae
Triportheidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Characiformes
Alestiidae (this page)
Acestrorhynchidae
Alestidae
Anostomidae
Bryconidae
Chalceidae
Characidae
Chilodidae
Chilodontidae
Citharinidae
Crenuchidae
Ctenoluciidae
Curimatidae
Cynodontidae
Distichodontidae
Eocitharinus Murray 2003
Erythrinidae
Gasteropelecidae
Hemiodontidae
Hepsetidae
Iguanodectidae
Lebiasinidae
Parodontidae
Prochilodontidae
Salminopsidae
Santanichthys Silva Santos 1991
Serrasalmidae
Sorbinicharacidae
Tarumaniidae
Triportheidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Characiformes
Alestidae (this page)
Alestes Müller & Troschel 1844
Alestopetersius Hoedeman 1951
Arnoldichthys Myers 1926
Bathyaethiops Fowler 1949
Brachypetersius Hoedeman 1956
Brycinus Valenciennes 1850
Bryconaethiops Günther 1873
Bryconalestes Hoedeman 1951
Clupeocharax Pellegrin 1926
Duboisialestes Poll 1967
Hemigrammopetersius Pellegrin 1926
Hemmigrammopetersius
Hydrocynus Cuvier 1816
Ladigesia Géry 1968
Lepidarchus Roberts 1966
Micralestes Boulenger 1899
Nannopetersius Hoedeman 1956
Petersius Hilgendorf 1894
Phenacogrammus Eigenmann 1907
Rhabdalestes Hoedeman 1951
Tricuspidalestes Poll 1967
Acestrorhynchidae
Alestiidae
Anostomidae
Bryconidae
Chalceidae
Characidae
Chilodidae
Chilodontidae
Citharinidae
Crenuchidae
Ctenoluciidae
Curimatidae
Cynodontidae
Distichodontidae
Eocitharinus Murray 2003
Erythrinidae
Gasteropelecidae
Hemiodontidae
Hepsetidae
Iguanodectidae
Lebiasinidae
Parodontidae
Prochilodontidae
Salminopsidae
Santanichthys Silva Santos 1991
Serrasalmidae
Sorbinicharacidae
Tarumaniidae
Triportheidae

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Teleostei
Ostariophysi
Characiformes
Alestiidae (this page)
Alestes Müller & Troschel 1844
Alestopetersius Hoedeman 1951
Arnoldichthys Myers 1926
Bathyaethiops Fowler 1949
Brachypetersius Hoedeman 1956
Brycinus Valenciennes ex Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850
Bryconaethiops Günther 1873
Clupeocharax Pellegrin 1926
Duboisialestes Poll 1967
Hemigrammopetersius Pellegrin 1926
Hydrocynus Cuvier 1816
Ladigesia Géry 1968
Lepidarchus Roberts 1966
Micralestes Boulenger 1899
Nannopetersius Hoedeman 1956
Petersius Hilgendorf 1894
Phenacogrammus Eigenmann ex Eigenmann & Ogle 1907
Rhabdalestes Hoedeman 1951
Tricuspidalestes Poll 1967
Acestrorhynchidae Eigenmann 1912
Anostomidae
Characidae
Citharinidae
Ctenoluciidae
Curimatidae
Cynodontidae Eigenmann 1907
Erythrinidae
Gasteropelecidae
Hemiodontidae
Hepsetidae
Lebiasinidae

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Characiformes
Alestidae (this page)
Alestes ansorgii Boulenger 1910
Alestes baremoze (Joannis 1835)
Alestes bouboni Roman 1973
Alestes dentex (Linnaeus 1758)
Alestes liebrechtsii Boulenger 1898
Alestes macrophthalmus Günther 1867
Alestes stuhlmannii Pfeffer 1896
Alestopetersius bifasciatus (Poll 1967)
Alestopetersius brichardi Poll 1967
Alestopetersius caudalis (Boulenger 1899)
Alestopetersius compressus (Poll & Gosse 1963)
Alestopetersius hilgendorfi (Boulenger 1899)
Alestopetersius leopoldianus (Boulenger 1899)
Alestopetersius nigropterus Poll 1967
Alestopetersius smykalai Poll 1967
Alestopetersius tumbensis Hoedeman 1951
Arnoldichthys spilopterus (Boulenger 1909)
Bathyaethiops breuseghemi (Poll 1945)
Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus (Pellegrin 1925)
Bathyaethiops greeni Fowler 1949
Brachypetersius cadwaladeri (Fowler 1930)
Brachypetersius gabonensis Poll 1967
Brachypetersius huloti (Poll 1954)
Brachypetersius notospilus (Pellegrin 1930)
Brachypetersius pseudonummifer Poll 1967
Brycinus abeli (Fowler 1936)
Brycinus affinis (Günther 1894)
Brycinus bartoni (Nichols & La Monte 1953)
Brycinus bimaculatus Boulenger 1899
Brycinus brevis (Boulenger 1903)
Brycinus carmesinus Nichols & Griscom 1917
Brycinus carolinae (Paugy & Lévêque 1981)
Brycinus comptus Roberts & Stewart 1976
Brycinus ferox (Hopson & Hopson 1982)
Brycinus fwaensis Géry 1995
Brycinus grandisquamis (Boulenger 1899)
Brycinus humilis (Boulenger 1905)
Brycinus imberi (Peters 1852)
Brycinus intermedius (Boulenger 1903)
Brycinus jacksonii (Boulenger 1912)
Brycinus kingsleyae (Günther 1896)
Brycinus lateralis (Boulenger 1900)
Brycinus leuciscus (Günther 1867)
Brycinus luteus (Roman 1966)
Brycinus macrolepidotus Valenciennes 1850
Brycinus minutus (Hopson & Hopson 1982)
Brycinus nigricauda (Thys van den Audenaerde 1974)
Brycinus nurse (Rüppell 1832)
Brycinus opisthotaenia (Boulenger 1903)
Brycinus peringueyi Boulenger 1923
Brycinus poptae (Pellegrin 1906)
Brycinus rhodopleura (Boulenger 1906)
Brycinus sadleri (Boulenger 1906)
Brycinus taeniurus (Günther 1867)
Brycinus tholloni (Pellegrin 1901)
Bryconaethiops boulengeri Pellegrin 1900
Bryconaethiops macrops Boulenger 1920
Bryconaethiops microstoma Günther 1873
Bryconaethiops quinquesquamae Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1990
Bryconalestes derhami (Géry & Mahnert 1977)
Bryconalestes longipinnis (Günther 1864)
Clupeocharax schoutedeni Pellegrin 1926
Hemigrammopetersius barnardi (Herre 1936)
Hemigrammopetersius pulcher (Boulenger 1909)
Hydrocynus brevis (Günther 1864)
Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier 1819)
Hydrocynus goliath Boulenger 1898
Hydrocynus tanzaniae Brewster 1986
Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau 1861
Ladigesia roloffi Géry 1968
Lepidarchus adonis Roberts 1966
Micralestes acutidens (Peters 1852)
Micralestes ambiguus Géry 1995
Micralestes argyrotaenia Trewavas 1936
Micralestes comoensis Poll & Roman 1967
Micralestes congicus Poll 1967
Micralestes eburneensis Daget 1965
Micralestes elongatus Daget 1957
Micralestes fodori Matthes 1965
Micralestes holargyreus (Günther 1873)
Micralestes humilis Boulenger 1899
Micralestes lualabae Poll 1967
Micralestes occidentalis (Günther 1899)
Micralestes pabrensis (Roman 1966)
Micralestes sardina Poll 1938
Micralestes schelly Stiassny & Mamonekene 2007
Micralestes stormsi Boulenger 1902
Micralestes vittatus (Boulenger 1917)
Nannopetersius lamberti Poll 1967
Petersius conserialis Hilgendorf 1894
Phenacogrammus altus (Boulenger 1899)
Phenacogrammus ansorgii (Boulenger 1910)
Phenacogrammus aurantiacus (Pellegrin 1930)
Phenacogrammus bleheri Géry 1995
Phenacogrammus deheyni Poll 1945
Phenacogrammus interruptus (Boulenger 1899)
Phenacogrammus major (Boulenger 1903)
Phenacogrammus polli Lambert 1961
Phenacogrammus stigmatura (Fowler 1936)
Phenacogrammus taeniatus Géry 1996
Phenacogrammus urotaenia (Boulenger 1909)
Rhabdalestes aeratis Stiassny & Schaefer 2005
Rhabdalestes brevidorsalis (Pellegrin 1921)
Rhabdalestes leleupi Poll 1967
Rhabdalestes maunensis (Fowler 1935)
Rhabdalestes rhodesiensis (Ricardo-Bertram 1943)
Rhabdalestes septentrionalis (Boulenger 1911)
Rhabdalestes tangensis (Lönnberg 1907)
Tricuspidalestes caeruleus (Matthes 1964)
Acestrorhynchidae
Anostomidae
Bryconidae
Chalceidae
Characidae
Citharinidae
Crenuchidae
Ctenoluciidae
Curimatidae
Cynodontidae
Distichodontidae
Erythrinidae
Gasteropelecidae
Hemiodontidae
Hepsetidae
Iguanodectidae
Lebiasinidae
Parodontidae
Prochilodontidae
Serrasalmidae
Triportheidae

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Actinopterygii
Actinopteri
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Osteoglossocephalai
Clupeocephala
Otomorpha
Ostariophysi
Otophysi
Characiphysae
Characiformes
Characoidei
Alestidae (this page)
Alestes
Alestopetersius
Arnoldichthys
Bathyaethiops
Brachyalestes
Brachypetersius
Brycinus
Bryconaethiops
Bryconalestes
Clupeocharax
Hemigrammopetersius
Hydrocynus
Hydrocyon
Ladigesia
Lepidarchus
Micralestes
Nannopetersius
Phenacogrammus
Rhabdalestes
Tricuspidalestes
Acestrorhynchidae
Anostomidae
Bryconidae
Chalceidae
Characidae
Chilodontidae
Crenuchidae
Ctenoluciidae
Curimatidae
Cynodontidae
Erythrinidae
Gasteropelecidae
Hemiodontidae
Hepsetidae
Iguanodectidae
Lebiasinidae
Parodontidae
Prochilodontidae
Serrasalmidae
Triportheidae

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Ostariophysi
Characiformes
Alestidae (this page)
Alestes
Alestopetersius
Arnoldichthys
Bathyaethiops
Brachyalestes
Brachypetersius
Brycinus
Bryconaethiops
Bryconalestes
Clupeocharax
Duboisialestes
Hemigrammalestes
Hemigrammopetersius
Hydrocynus
Ladigesia
Lepidarchus
Micralestes
Nannopetersius
Petersius
Phenacogrammus
Rhabdalestes
Sindacharax
Tricuspidalestes
Virilia
Anostomoidea
Chalceidae
Characoidei
Citharinidae
Citharinoidei
Ctenoluciidae
Distichodontidae
Hemiodontidae
Hepsetidae
Salminopsidae
Serrasalmidae
Tarumaniidae
Triportheidae
Triporthidae

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Teleostei
Characiformes
Alestidae (this page)
Brycinus
Brycinus Valenciennes 1850
Duboisialestes Poll 1967
Characidae
Cynodontidae
Erythrinidae
Iguanodectidae
Prochilodontidae
Serrasalmidae
Tarumaniidae
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