Alestopetersius brichardi

Alestopetersius brichardi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Alestidae
Genus:	Alestopetersius
Species:	A. brichardi
Binomial name
Alestopetersius brichardi Poll, 1967
Synonyms [2]
Phenacogrammus brichardi(Poll, 1967)

Alestopetersius brichardi is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Alestidae, the African tetras. It is found in the Malebo Pool, the middle Congo River, the Ruki River drainage and the Lomami River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Description

Alestopetersius brichardi reaches a standard length of 7.9 cm (3.1 in). ^[3]

Etymology

The species epithet is named in honor of aquarium-fish exporter Pierre Brichard (1921–1990). ^[4]

References

1. Moelants, T. (2010). "Alestopetersius brichardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T182490A7897071. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182490A7897071.en . Retrieved 26 March 2024.
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.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Alestopetersius brichardi". FishBase . February 2015 version.
4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families DISTICHODONTIDAE, CITHARINIDAE, CRENUCHIDAE, ALESTIDAE and HEPSETIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

• 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.