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Alestopetersius
Sign in to saveAlestopetersius is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Alestidae, the African tetras. These fishes found mostly in Congo River Basin in Middle Africa with one species, A. smykalai, from the lower Niger River in Nigeria.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCharaciformes
- FamilyAlestidae
Vissen Alestopetersius is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van de Afrikaanse karperzalmen (Alestidae). Soorten Alestopetersius bifasciatus (Poll, 1967) Alestopetersius brichardi Poll, 1967 Alestopetersius caudalis (Boulenger, 1899) Alestopetersius compressus (Poll & Gosse, 1963) Alestopetersius conspectus Mbimbe & Stiassny, 2012 Alestopetersius hilgendorfi (Boulenger, 1899) Alestopetersius leopoldianus (Boulenger, 1899) Alestopetersius nigropterus Poll, 1967 Alestopetersius smykalai Poll, 1967 Alestopetersius tumbensis Hoedeman, 1951
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- Family
- Alestidae
- Collections
- CUMV, NHMUK, ROM
- Recorded in
- Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Congo, Gabon
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Alestopetersius is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Alestidae, the African tetras. These fishes found mostly in Congo River Basin in Middle Africa with one species, A. smykalai, from the lower Niger River in Nigeria.
==Species== Alestopetersius contains the following valid species:
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