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African Tetras
Alestidae
African tetras (family Alestidae, formerly spelled Alestiidae) are a group of characiform fish exclusively found in Africa. This family contains about 18 genera and 119 species. Among the best known members are the Congo tetra, and African tigerfish.
19 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 120 known species
African Tigerfishes
genusHydrocynus
Brachyalestes
genusBrachyalestes
Phenacogrammus
genusPhenacogrammus
Micralestes
genusMicralestes
Bryconalestes
genusBryconalestes
Brycinus
genusBrycinus
African Characins
genusAlestes
African Featherfin Tetras
genusBryconaethiops
Rhabdalestes
genusRhabdalestes
Nannopetersius
genusNannopetersius
Hemigrammopetersius
genusHemigrammopetersius
Brachypetersius
genusBrachypetersius
Moon Tetras
genusBathyaethiops
Alestopetersius
genusAlestopetersius
Ladigesia
genusLadigesia
Petersius
genusPetersius
Clupeocharax
genusClupeocharax
Alestion
genusAlestion
Tricuspidalestes
genusTricuspidalestes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55204.