Alestopetersius

Alestopetersius
Alestopetersius caudalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Alestidae
Genus:	Alestopetersius Hoedeman, 1951 [1]
Type species
Petersius hilgendorfi Boulenger, 1899 [1]
Synonyms [1]
Petersialestes Hoedeman, 1951 Rhabdopetersius Hoedeman, 1951 Duboisialestes Poll, 1967

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: ^[2]

• Alestopetersius bifasciatus (Poll, 1967)
• Alestopetersius bleheri (Géry, 1995)
• Alestopetersius brichardi Poll, 1967
• Alestopetersius caudalis (Boulenger, 1899)
• Alestopetersius compressus (Poll & Gosse, 1963)
• Alestopetersius conspectus Mbimbi Mayi Munene & Stiassny, 2012
• Alestopetersius hilgendorfi (Boulenger, 1899)
• Alestopetersius leopoldianus (Boulenger, 1899)
• Alestopetersius nigropterus Poll, 1967
• Alestopetersius smykalai Poll, 1967
• Alestopetersius taeniatus (Géry, 1996)
• Alestopetersius tumbensis (Hoedeman 1951)

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Alestopetersius". FishBase . October 2011 version.

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Alestidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 12 June 2025.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Alestopetersius". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 12 June 2025.