Alestidae

African tetras

122 species

1. 1Alestes ansorgii Boulenger, 1910fresh · tropical
2. 2Alestes baremoze (Joannis, 1835) · Silversidesfresh · tropical
3. 3Alestes dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) · Characinfresh · tropical
4. 4Alestes inferus Stiassny, Schelly & Mamonekene, 2009fresh · tropical
5. 5Alestes liebrechtsii Boulenger, 1898fresh · tropical
6. 6Alestes macrophthalmus Günther, 1867 · Torpedo robberfresh · tropical
7. 7Alestes stuhlmannii Pfeffer, 1896fresh · tropical
8. 8Alestion rapax Roberts, 2019fresh · tropical
9. 9Alestopetersius bifasciatus (Poll, 1967)fresh · tropical
10. 10Alestopetersius brichardi Poll, 1967fresh · tropical
11. 11Alestopetersius caudalis (Boulenger, 1899) · Yellowtail tetrafresh · tropical
12. 12Alestopetersius compressus (Poll & Gosse, 1963)fresh · tropical
13. 13Alestopetersius conspectus Mbimbi Mayi Munene & Stiassny, 2012fresh · tropical
14. 14Alestopetersius hilgendorfi (Boulenger, 1899)fresh · tropical
15. 15Alestopetersius leopoldianus (Boulenger, 1899)fresh · tropical
16. 16Alestopetersius nigropterus Poll, 1967fresh · tropical
17. 17Alestopetersius smykalai Poll, 1967fresh · tropical
18. 18Alestopetersius tumbensis Hoedeman, 1951fresh · tropical
19. 19Arnoldichthys spilopterus (Boulenger, 1909) · Niger tetrafresh · tropical
20. 20Bathyaethiops atercrinis Mamonekene & Stiassny, 2012 · Black fin moon tetrafresh · tropical
21. 21Bathyaethiops baka Moritz & Schliewen, 2016 · Dwarf moon tetrafresh · tropical
22. 22Bathyaethiops breuseghemi (Poll, 1945) · Rectangle spot moon tetrafresh · tropical
23. 23Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus (Pellegrin, 1925) · African moon tetrafresh · tropical
24. 24Bathyaethiops flammeus Moritz & Schliewen, 2016 · Red-back moon tetrafresh · tropical
25. 25Bathyaethiops greeni Fowler, 1949 · Green's moon tetrafresh · tropical
26. 26Brachyalestes abeli (Fowler, 1936)fresh · tropical
27. 27Brachyalestes affinis (Günther, 1894) · Redfin robberfresh · tropical
28. 28Brachyalestes bimaculatus (Boulenger, 1899)fresh · tropical
29. 29Brachyalestes carolinae (Paugy & Lévêque, 1981)fresh · tropical
30. 30Brachyalestes comptus (Roberts & Stewart, 1976)fresh · tropical
31. 31Brachyalestes epuluensis (Decru, Vreven, Sadio & Snoeks, 2016)fresh · tropical
32. 32Brachyalestes ferox (Hopson & Hopson, 1982) · Large-toothed Lake Turkana robberfresh · tropical
33. 33Brachyalestes fwaensis (Géry, 1995)fresh · tropical
34. 34Brachyalestes humilis (Boulenger, 1905)fresh · tropical
35. 35Brachyalestes imberi (Peters, 1852) · Spot-tailfresh · tropical
36. 36Brachyalestes jacksonii (Boulenger, 1912) · Victoria robberfresh · tropical
37. 37Brachyalestes kingsleyae (Günther, 1896)fresh · tropical
38. 38Brachyalestes lateralis (Boulenger, 1900) · Stripped robberfresh · tropical
39. 39Brachyalestes minutus (Hopson & Hopson, 1982) · Dwarf Lake Turkana robberfresh · tropical
40. 40Brachyalestes nigricauda (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1974)fresh · tropical
41. 41Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell, 1832) · Nurse tetrafresh · tropical
42. 42Brachyalestes opisthotaenia (Boulenger, 1903)fresh · tropical
43. 43Brachyalestes peringueyi (Boulenger, 1923)fresh · tropical
44. 44Brachyalestes sadleri (Boulenger, 1906) · Sadler's robberfresh · tropical
45. 45Brachyalestes taeniurus (Günther, 1867)fresh · tropical
46. 46Brachypetersius altus (Boulenger, 1899)fresh · tropical
47. 47Brachypetersius cadwaladeri (Fowler, 1930)fresh · tropical
48. 48Brachypetersius gabonensis Poll, 1967fresh · tropical
49. 49Brachypetersius huloti (Poll, 1954)fresh · tropical
50. 50Brachypetersius notospilus (Pellegrin, 1930)fresh · tropical
51. 51Brachypetersius pseudonummifer Poll, 1967fresh · tropical
52. 52Brycinus batesii (Boulenger, 1903)fresh · tropical
53. 53Brycinus brevis (Boulenger, 1903)fresh · tropical
54. 54Brycinus carmesinus (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)fresh · tropical
55. 55Brycinus grandisquamis (Boulenger, 1899) · Pinkfin Alestesfresh · tropical
56. 56Brycinus leuciscus (Günther, 1867)fresh · tropical
57. 57Brycinus luteus (Roman, 1966)fresh · tropical
58. 58Brycinus macrolepidotus Valenciennes, 1850 · True big-scale tetrafresh · brackish · tropical
59. 59Brycinus poptae (Pellegrin, 1906)fresh · tropical
60. 60Brycinus rhodopleura (Boulenger, 1906)fresh · tropical
61. 61Brycinus schoutedeni (Boulenger, 1912)fresh · tropical
62. 62Bryconaethiops boulengeri Pellegrin, 1900fresh · tropical
63. 63Bryconaethiops macrops Boulenger, 1920fresh · tropical
64. 64Bryconaethiops microstoma Günther, 1873fresh · tropical
65. 65Bryconaethiops quinquesquamae Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1990fresh · tropical
66. 66Bryconaethiops yseuxi Boulenger, 1899fresh · tropical
67. 67Bryconalestes bartoni (Nichols & La Monte, 1953)fresh · tropical
68. 68Bryconalestes derhami (Géry & Mahnert, 1977)fresh · tropical
69. 69Bryconalestes intermedius (Boulenger, 1903)fresh · tropical
70. 70Bryconalestes longipinnis (Günther, 1864) · Longfin tetrafresh · brackish · tropical
71. 71Bryconalestes tessmanni (Pappenheim, 1911)fresh · tropical
72. 72Bryconalestes tholloni (Pellegrin, 1901)fresh · tropical
73. 73Clupeocharax schoutedeni Pellegrin, 1926fresh · tropical
74. 74Hemigrammopetersius barnardi (Herre, 1936) · Barnard's robberfresh · tropical
75. 75Hemigrammopetersius pulcher (Boulenger, 1909)fresh · tropical
76. 76Hydrocynus brevis (Günther, 1864) · Tiger-fishfresh · tropical
77. 77Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier, 1819) · Elongate tigerfishfresh · tropical
78. 78Hydrocynus goliath Boulenger, 1898 · Giant tigerfishfresh · tropical
79. 79Hydrocynus tanzaniae Brewster, 1986 · Tanzanian tigerfishfresh · tropical
80. 80Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau, 1861 · Tiger fishfresh · tropical
81. 81Ladigesia roloffi Géry, 1968 · Sierra leone dwarf characinfresh · tropical
82. 82Lepidarchus adonis Roberts, 1966 · Jellybean tetrafresh · tropical
83. 83Micralestes acutidens (Peters, 1852) · Sharptooth tetrafresh · tropical
84. 84Micralestes ambiguus Géry, 1995fresh · tropical
85. 85Micralestes argyrotaenia Trewavas, 1936fresh · tropical
86. 86Micralestes comoensis Poll & Roman, 1967fresh · tropical
87. 87Micralestes congicus Poll, 1967fresh · tropical
88. 88Micralestes eburneensis Daget, 1965fresh · tropical
89. 89Micralestes elongatus Daget, 1957 · Elongated Turkana robberfresh · tropical
90. 90Micralestes fodori Matthes, 1965fresh · tropical
91. 91Micralestes holargyreus (Günther, 1873)fresh · tropical
92. 92Micralestes humilis Boulenger, 1899fresh · tropical
93. 93Micralestes lualabae Poll, 1967fresh · tropical
94. 94Micralestes occidentalis (Günther, 1899)fresh · tropical
95. 95Micralestes pabrensis (Roman, 1966)fresh · tropical
96. 96Micralestes sardina Poll, 1938fresh · tropical
97. 97Micralestes schelly Stiassny & Mamonekene, 2007fresh · tropical
98. 98Micralestes stormsi Boulenger, 1902fresh · tropical
99. 99Micralestes vittatus (Boulenger, 1917)fresh · tropical
100. 100Nannopetersius ansorgii (Boulenger, 1910)fresh · tropical
101. 101Nannopetersius lamberti Poll, 1967fresh · tropical
102. 102Nannopetersius mutambuei Wamuini Lunkayilakio & Vreven, 2008fresh · tropical
103. 103Petersius conserialis Hilgendorf, 1894fresh · tropical
104. 104Phenacogrammus aurantiacus (Pellegrin, 1930)fresh · tropical
105. 105Phenacogrammus bleheri Géry, 1995fresh · tropical
106. 106Phenacogrammus concolor Stiassny, Alter, Monsembula Iyaba & Liyandja, 2021fresh · tropical
107. 107Phenacogrammus deheyni Poll, 1945fresh · tropical
108. 108Phenacogrammus flexus Stiassny, Alter, Monsembula Iyaba & Liyandja, 2021fresh · tropical
109. 109Phenacogrammus interruptus (Boulenger, 1899) · Congo tetrafresh · tropical
110. 110Phenacogrammus major (Boulenger, 1903)fresh · tropical
111. 111Phenacogrammus polli Lambert, 1961fresh · tropical
112. 112Phenacogrammus stigmatura (Fowler, 1936)fresh · tropical
113. 113Phenacogrammus taeniatus Géry, 1996fresh · tropical
114. 114Phenacogrammus urotaenia (Boulenger, 1909)fresh · tropical
115. 115Rhabdalestes aeratis Stiassny & Schaefer, 2005fresh · tropical
116. 116Rhabdalestes brevidorsalis (Pellegrin, 1921)fresh · tropical
117. 117Rhabdalestes maunensis (Fowler, 1935) · Okavango robberfresh · tropical
118. 118Rhabdalestes rhodesiensis (Ricardo-Bertram, 1943) · Slender robberfresh · tropical
119. 119Rhabdalestes septentrionalis (Boulenger, 1911)fresh · tropical
120. 120Rhabdalestes tangensis (Lönnberg, 1907) · Pangani robberfresh · tropical
121. 121Rhabdalestes yokai Ibala Zamba & Vreven, 2008fresh · tropical
122. 122Tricuspidalestes caeruleus (Matthes, 1964)fresh · tropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.