Alestopetersius hilgendorfi

Alestopetersius hilgendorfi
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. hilgendorfi
Binomial name
Alestopetersius hilgendorfi (Boulenger), 1899
Synonyms [2]
Petersius hilgendorfi Boulenger, 1899 Phenacogrammus hilgendorfi (Boulenger 1899) Petersius modestus Boulenger, 1899

Alestopetersius hilgendorfi is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Alestidae, the African tetras. This species is found in the middle Congo River basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Description

Alestopetersius hilgendorfi reaches a total length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in). ^[3]

Etymology

The species epithet is named in honor of zoologist and paleontologist Franz Hilgendorf (1839-1904), who was the one who erected the genus Petersius in 1894. ^[4]

References

1. Snoeks, J.; Laleye, P.; Moelants, T. & Contreras-MacBeath, T. (2010). "Alestopetersius hilgendorfi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T169441A6628214. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T169441A6628214.en . Retrieved 25 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 hilgendorfi". 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.