Overview
Family : African tetras ;
Description
Family Alestiidae
Africa. Following Eschmeyer 1998 (Ref. 26282) 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
Habitat
Biome: Fresh water . Pelagic .
Biology
Migration
.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Characiformes
()
- Family:
Alestiidae
()
- African Tetras
- Genus:
Alestes
()
- Boulenger, 1903
- Specific name:
batesii
- Boulenger, 1903
- Scientific name: - Alestes batesii Boulenger, 1903
- Specific name:
batesii
- Boulenger, 1903
- Genus:
Alestes
(
- Family:
Alestiidae
(
- Order:
Characiformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Brycinus batesi (Boulenger, 1903)
- Brycinus batesii (Boulenger, 1903)
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 12-May-1995
Similar Species
Members of the genus Alestes
There are approximately 35 species in this genus:
A. 'a' · A. affinis · A. ansorgii · A. baremoze (Characin) · A. baremoze tchadense · A. bartoni · A. batesii · A. bimaculatus · A. bouboni · A. carmesinus · 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. jacksonii · A. leuciscus senegalensis · A. liebrechtsi · A. liebrechtsii · A. macrolepidotus schoutedeni · A. macrophthalmus (Torpedo Robber) · A. macrophthalmus tanganiica · A. macropthalmus · A. nurse albolineatus · A. nurse senegalensis · A. peringueyi · A. schoutedeni · A. stuhlmannii · A. taeniurus · A. tessmanni · A. tholloni
Bibliography
- Boulenger, G.A. (1903). Descriptions of new freshwater fishes from Southern Cameroon. Ann. Mag. Net. Hist. (Ser. 7) 22(42):435-441.
- 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
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
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2486595
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-34317
- Fishbase Species ID: 11082
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 121202
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 640382
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 101567
