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African Characins
Alestes
Alestes is a genus in the family Alestidae, known as the "African Characidae" as they are found exclusively on that continent. As suggested by that name, they Alestidae was formerly included in Characidae. Myletes is a synonym of Alestes, but the former name has historically also been used for various South American serrasalmines.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species
Torpedo Robber
speciesAlestes macrophthalmus
Silversides
speciesAlestes baremoze
Alestes liebrechtsii
speciesAlestes liebrechtsii
Nile Robber
speciesAlestes dentex
Alestes inferus
speciesAlestes inferus
Alestes stuhlmannii
speciesAlestes stuhlmannii
Alestes ansorgii
speciesAlestes ansorgii
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 55206.