Superregnum : Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Characiformes
Familia: Alestidae
Genus: Alestopetersius
Species (10): A. bifasciatus – A. brichardi – A. caudalis – A. compressus – A. conspectus – A. hilgendorfi – A. leopoldianus – A. nigropterus – A. smykalai – A. tumbensis
Name
Alestopetersius Hoedeman, 1951: 6
Type species: Petersius hilgendorfi Boulenger, 1899. Type by monotypy.
Synonyms
Petersialestes (subgenus of Alestopetersius) Hoedeman, 1951: 8
Rhabdopetersius (subgenus of Alestopetersius) Hoedeman, 1951: 8
References
Hoedeman, J.J. 1951: Studies on African characid fishes I. The tribe Alestidi. Beaufortia, 1(3): 1–8.
Munene, J.J.M.M.; Stiassny, M.L.J. 2012: A new Alestopetersius (Characiformes: Alestidae) from the Kwilu River (Kasai basin) of central Africa; with a phylogeny for the genus and synonymy of Duboisialestes. Zootaxa, 3166: 59–68. Preview PDF
Alestopetersius is a genus of characins, fish found mostly in Congo River Basin in Middle Africa with one species (A. smykalai) from the lower Niger River in Nigeria. There are currently 10 described species in this genus.
Species
Alestopetersius bifasciatus (Poll, 1967)
Alestopetersius brichardi Poll, 1967
Alestopetersius caudalis (Boulenger, 1899) (Yellowtail tetra)
Alestopetersius compressus (Poll & J. P. Gosse, 1963)
Alestopetersius conspectus Mbimbe & Stiassny, 2012[1]
Alestopetersius hilgendorfi (Boulenger, 1899)
Alestopetersius leopoldianus (Boulenger, 1899)
Alestopetersius nigropterus Poll, 1967
Alestopetersius smykalai Poll, 1967
Alestopetersius tumbensis Hoedeman, 1951
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Alestopetersius in FishBase. October 2011 version.
Mbimbi M.M., J.J. & Stiassny, M.L.J. (2012). "A new Alestopetersius (Characiformes: Alestidae) from the Kwilu River (Kasai basin) of central Africa; with a phylogeny for the genus and synonymy of Duboisialestes." Zootaxa 3166: 59–68.
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