| Alestion | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Alestidae |
| Genus: | Alestion Roberts, 2019 [1] |
| Species: | A. rapax |
| Binomial name | |
| Alestion rapax Roberts, 2019 [1] | |
Alestion is monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Alestidae, the African tetras. The only species in the genus is Alestion rapax. This fish is known only from the Kwilu River in the lower derainage basin of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo. [2]