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Alestes bartoni

(No common name)

Overview:

Family: African tetras;

Taxonomy

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  • Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
    • Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
      • Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians

Notes:

Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 12-May-1995

Physical Description

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Family Alestiidae:

Africa. Following Eschmeyer 1998[1] this family includes all African tetras, formerly a subfamily of Characidae. Maximum length of about 1.4 m attained by Hydrocynus goliath of the Congo.

The family Alestiidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) and the Order Characiformes. It contains 18 genera and 109 species. It may be found in Freshwater environments and is primarily Primary freshwater. Some members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is carangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. This family may be found from 31° n to 26° s and 18° w to 46° e. Etymology of this family name: Greek, alestes, -oy = miller

Distribution

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Range and Population

Africa: known only by the type from Ogowe River, Gabon.

Habitat

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Biome

Fresh water. Pelagic.

Migration

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Similar Species

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Members of the genus Alestes:

There are approximately 43 species and subspecies in this genus: A. 'a' · A. ansorgii · A. baremoze (Characin) · A. baremoze tchadense · A. barenoze · A. bartoni · A. bartoni lamonte · A. batesii · A. bimaculatus · A. bouboni · A. carmesinus · A. carmesinus and · A. comptus · A. bimaculatus · A. dentex (Characin) · A. dentex dentex · A. dentex sethente · A. fuchsii taeniata · A. grandisquamis (Pinkfin Alestes) · A. humilis · A. jacksoni · A. kingsleyi · A. leuciscus senegalensis · A. liebrechtsi · A. liebrechtsii · A. longipennis · A. macrolepidotus rhodopleura · A. macrolepidotus schoutedeni · A. macrophthalmus (Torpedo Robber) · A. macrophthalmus liebrechtsi · A. macrophthalmus tanganiica · A. macroplthalmus · A. macropthalmus · A. nurse albolineatus · A. nurse senegalensis · A. peringueyi · A. schoutedeni · A. stuhlmannii · A. taeniurus · A. tessmanni · A. tholloni · A. [2] imberi · A. [2] lateralis

Bibliography

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  • Nichols, J.T. and F.R. La Monte (1953). A new Alestes and little-known Barbus from Gaboon. Am. Mus. Novit. 1606: 3p.
  • Paugy, D. (1984). Characidae. p. 140-183. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1.

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Notes

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Contributors:

  • Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
  • Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 20, 2007.
  • FishBase
  • FishBase 2006.
  • Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
  • Kottelat, Maurice (from FishBase).

Identifiers:

Footnotes:

  1. Eschmeyer, W.N., Editor (1998). Catalog of fishes. Special Publication, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 3 vols. 2905 p.

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Last Revised: June 10, 2008