Brachyalestes

Brachyalestes
Brachyalestes imberi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Alestidae
Genus:	Brachyalestes Günther, 1864 [1]
Type species
Myletes nurse Rüppell, 1832 [1]
Synonyms [1]
Alestogrammus Hoedeman, 1956

Brachyalestes is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Alestidae, the African tetras. The fishes in this genus are found in Africa.

Species

Brachyalestes peringueyi collected in Lavushi Manda National Park, Zambia, by the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity

Brachyalestes contains the following valid species: ^[2]

• Brachyalestes abeli (Fowler, 1936)
• Brachyalestes affinis (Günther, 1894)
• Brachyalestes bimaculatus (Boulenger, 1899)
• Brachyalestes carolinae (Paugy & Lévêque, 1981)
• Brachyalestes comptus (Roberts & Stewart, 1976)
• Brachyalestes epuluensis (Decru, Vreven, Sadio & Snoeks, 2016)
• Brachyalestes ferox (A. J. Hopson & J. Hopson, 1982)
• Brachyalestes fwaensis (Géry, 1995)
• Brachyalestes humilis (Boulenger, 1905)
• Brachyalestes imberi (Peters. 1852)
• Brachyalestes jackiae Stiassny & Melo, 2023
• Brachyalestes jacksonii (Boulenger, 1912)
• Brachyalestes kingsleyae (Günther, 1896)
• Brachyalestes lateralis (Boulenger, 1900)
• Brachyalestes minutus (Hopson & Hopson, 1982)
• Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell, 1832)
• Brachyalestes nigricauda (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1974)
• Brachyalestes opisthotaenia (Boulenger, 1903)
• Brachyalestes peringueyi (Boulenger, 1923)
• Brachyalestes sadleri (Boulenger, 1906)
• Brachyalestes taeniurus (Günther, 1867)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Alestidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 13 June 2025.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Brachyalestes". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 12 June 2025.