FAMILY Alestidae Cockerell, 1910 - African tetras [=Miletidini, Hydrocionini, Alestini, Clupeocharacinae, Bryconaethiopini, Alestopetersiini, Petersiini] GENUS Alestes Müller & Troschel, 1844 - African tetras, African characids [=Alestiops, Alestobrycon, Myletes] Species Alestes ansorgii Boulenger, 1910 - Angolan alestes Species Alestes baremoze (Joannis, 1835) - silversides [=kotschyi, splendens, tchadense, wytsi] Species Alestes dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) - dentex tetra [=dentex H, hasselquistii, kelbelbahr, niloticus, sethente] Species Alestes inferus Stiassny et al., 2009 - Mpozo tetra Species Alestes liebrechtsii Boulenger, 1898 - Umangi tetra Species Alestes macrophthalmus Gunther, 1867 - topedo robber [=tanganicae] Species Alestes stuhlmannii Pfeffer, 1896 - Kingani tetra [=adolfi] Species Alestes taeniurus Gunther, 1867 - Gunther's alestes Species Alestes tholloni Pellegrin, 1901 - Pellegrin's alestes GENUS Alestopetersius Hoedeman, 1951 - African tetras [=Duboisialestes, Petersialestes, Rhabdopetersius] Species Alestopetersius bifasciatus (Poll, 1967) - Bokuma tetra Species Alestopetersius brichardi Poll, 1967 - Yandja tetra Species Alestopetersius caudalis (Boulenger, 1899) - yellowtail tetra [=brumpti, grandi, xenurus] Species Alestopetersius compressus Poll & Gosse, 1963 - Lotolo tetra Species Alestopetersius conspectus Mbimbi Mayi Munene & Stiassny, 2012 - Kwilu tetra Species Alestopetersius hilgendorfi (Boulenger, 1899) - Hilgendorf's tetra [=modestus] Species Alestopetersius leopoldianus (Boulenger, 1899) - Leopold tetra Species Alestopetersius nigropterus Poll, 1967 - Ibali tetra Species Alestopetersius smykalai Poll, 1967 - Aba tetra Species Alestopetersius tumbensis Hoedeman, 1951 - Tumba tetra [=duboisi] GENUS Arnoldichthys Myers, 1926 - African tetras, Niger tetra Species Arnoldichthys spilopterus (Boulenger, 1909) - Niger tetra GENUS Bathyaethiops Fowler, 1949 - African tetras
[=Alestogrammus, Microlepidalestes] Species Bathyaethiops atercrinis Mamonekene & Stiassny, 2012 - Nairi tetra Species Bathyaethiops baka Moritz & Schliewen, 2016 - Moloundou tetra Species Bathyaethiops breuseghemi (Poll, 1945) - Luembe tetra Species Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus (Pellegrin, 1925) - African moon tetra Species Bathyaethiops flammeus Moritz & Schliewen, 2016 - Bakere River tetra Species Bathyaethiops greeni Fowler 1949 - Green's tetra GENUS Brachyalestes Gunther, 1864 - tetras Species Brachyalestes abeli (Fowler, 1936) - Fort Sibut tetra Species Brachyalestes affinis (Gunther, 1894) - Tana River tetra Species Brachyalestes bimaculatus (Boulenger, 1899) - Kutu tetra Species Brachyalestes carolinae (Paugy & Leveque, 1981) - Niandan tetra Species Brachyalestes comptus (Roberts & Stewart, 1976) - Inga tetra Species Brachyalestes ferox (Hopson & Hopson, 1982) - Turkana tetra Species Brachyalestes fwaensis (Gery, 1995) - Lake Fwa tetra Species Brachyalestes humilis (Boulenger, 1905) - Quanza River tetra Species Brachyalestes jacksonii (Boulenger, 1912) - Malawa River tetra Species Brachyalestes kingsleyae (Gunther, 1896) - Ogowe River tetra Species Brachyalestes lateralis (Boulenger, 1900) - Dilolo tetra [=langi, natalensis, thamalakanensis] Species Brachyalestes leuciscus (Gunther, 1867) - minnow tetra [=albolineatus, nigrilineatus, senegalensis S, senegalensis H] Species Brachyalestes luteus (Roman, 1966) - Kou River tetra Species Brachyalestes minutus (Hopson & Hopson, 1982) - Hopson's Turkana tetra Species Brachyalestes nigricauda (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1974) - Toyebli tetra Species Brachyalestes opisthotaenia (Boulenger, 1903) - Kribi River tetra Species Brachyalestes sadleri (Boulenger, 1906) - Entebbe tetra [=lerneri] Species Brachyalestes taeniurus (Gunther, 1867) - Gunther's Gabonese tetra Species Brachyalestes tessmanni (Pappenheim, 1911) - Pappenheim's Cameroon tetra GENUS Brachypetersius Hoedeman, 1956 - African tetras Species Brachypetersius altus (Boulenger, 1899) - Bikoro tetra [=nummifer, rochefoucauldi] Species Brachypetersius cadwaladeri (Fowler, 1930) - Cadwalader's tetra [=massarti] Species Brachypetersius gabonensis Poll, 1967 - Diala tetra
Species Brachypetersius huloti (Poll, 1954) - Lomboma tetra Species Brachypetersius notospilus (Pellegrin, 1930) - Ogowe tetra Species Brachypetersius pseudonummifer Poll, 1967 - Avakubi tetra GENUS Brycinus Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1850 - African tetras, robber tetras Species Brycinus brevis (Boulenger, 1903) - Nigerian robber Species Brycinus carmesinus (Nichols & Griscom, 1917) - Zambi robber Species Brycinus epuluensis Decru et al., 2016 - Edoro River robber Species Brycinus grandisquamis (Boulenger, 1899) - Matadi robber Species Brycinus imberi (Peters, 1852) - spot-tail robber [=bequaerti, curtus, fuchsii, lemairii, taeniata] Species Brycinus macrolepidotus Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1850 - true big-scale tetra [=batesii, macrolepidotus B, rutilus, schoutedeni] Species Brycinus nurse (Ruppell, 1832) - nurse tetra [=bouboni, dageti, erythropterus, guile V, guile J, nana, rueppellii] Species Brycinus perinqueyi (Boulenger, 1923) - Mansa River robber Species Brycinus poptae (Pellegrin, 1906) - Popta's robber Species Brycinus rhodopleura (Boulenger, 1906) - Tanganyika robber GENUS Bryconaethiops Günther, 1873 - African tetras Species Bryconaethiops boulengeri Pellegrin, 1900 - Boulenger's tetra Species Bryconaethiops macrops Boulenger, 1920 - Bafwasende tetra Species Bryconaethiops microstoma Gunther, 1873 - Gunther's Boma tetra [=mocquardianus, yseuxi] Species Bryconaethiops quinquesquamae Teugels & Thys van den Audernaerde, 1990 - Cross River tetra GENUS Bryconalestes Hoedeman, 1951 - African tetras Species Bryconalestes bartoni (Nichols & La Monte, 1953) - Mouila tetra Species Bryconalestes derhami (Gery & Mahnert, 1977) - Nero River tetra Species Bryconalestes intermedius (Boulenger, 1903) - intermediate Kribi River tetra Species Bryconalestes longipinnis (Gunther, 1864) - longfin tetra [=bagbeensis, chaperi] Species Bryconalestes tholloni (Pellegrin, 1901) - Thollon's tetra GENUS Clupeocharax Pellegrin, 1926 - African tetras [=Clupeopetersius] Species Clupeocharax schoutedeni Pellegrin, 1926 - Tondu tetra GENUS Hemigrammopetersius Pellegrin, 1926 - African tetras Species Hemigrammopetersius barnardi (Herre, 1936) - Barnard's robber Species Hemigrammopetersius pulcher (Boulenger, 1909) - Ja River robber
GENUS Hydrocynus Cuvier, 1816 - African tetras, tigerfish [=Hydrocionichthys, Hydrocyon] Species Hydrocynus brevis Gunther, 1864 - tigerfish [=somonorum] Species Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier, 1819) - elongate tigerfish [=lineatus, roschal] Species Hydrocynus goliath Boulenger, 1898 - giant tigerfish [=vittatus, vittiger] Species Hydrocynus tanzaniae Brewster, 1986 - blue tigerfish Species Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau, 1861 - striped tigerfish GENUS Ladigesia Géry, 1968 - African tetras Species Ladigesia roloffi Gery, 1968 - Sierra Leone dwarf characin, jellybean tetra GENUS Lepidarchus Roberts, 1966 - African tetras Species Lepidarchus adonis Roberts, 1966 - Adonis tetra, jellybean tetra GENUS Micralestes Boulenger, 1899 - African tetras Species Micralestes acutidens (Peters, 1852) - sharptooth tetra [=luluae, neglectus] Species Micralestes ambiguus Gery, 1995 - ambiguus tetra Species Micralestes argyrotaenia Trewavas, 1936 - Cunene tetra Species Micralestes comoensis Poll & Roman, 1967 - Comoe robber Species Micralestes congicus Poll, 1967 - Bokuma robber Species Micralestes eburneensis Daget, 1965 - Cavally robber Species Micralestes elongatus Daget, 1957 - elongated Turkana robber [=brevianalis] Species Micralestes fodori Matthes, 1965 - Fwa robber Species Micralestes holagyreus (Gunther, 1873) - Boma robber [=brevipinnis] Species Micralestes humilis Boulenger, 1899 - Katu robber [=woosnami] Species Micralestes lualabae Poll, 1967 - Kindu robber Species Micralestes occidentalis (Gunther, 1899) - Black Volta robber [=voltae] Species Micralestes sardina Poll, 1938 - Kandulu robber Species Micralestes schelly Stiassny & Mamonekene, 2007 - schelly robber Species Micralestes stormsi Boulenger, 1902 - Storm's tetra [=stolatus]
Species Micralestes vittatus (Boulenger, 1917) - Lufuko robber GENUS Nannopetersius Hoedeman, 1951 - African tetras Species Nannopetersius ansorgii (Boulenger, 1910) - Bengo River tetra [=ubalo] Species Nannopetersius lamberti Poll, 1967 - Lambert's tetra Species Nannopetersius mutambuei Wamuini Lunkayilakio & Vreven, 2008 - Ngufu tetra GENUS Petersius Hilgendorf, 1894 - African tetras Species Petersius conserialis Hilgendorf, 1894 - Tanzania petersius GENUS Phenacogrammus Eigenmann, in Eigenmann & Ogle, 1907 - African tetras [=Hemigrammalestes] Species Phenacogrammus aurantiacus (Pellegrin, 1930) - Sangha tetra [=heterodontus, trilobatus] Species Phenacogrammus bleheri Gery, 1995 - Bari tetra Species Phenacogrammus deheyni Poll, 1945 - Mumbia tetra Species Phenacogrammus interruptus (Boulenger, 1899) - Congo tetra Species Phenacogrammus major (Boulenger, 1903) - Bitye tetra Species Phenacogrammus polli Lambert, 1961 - Lomela tetra Species Phenacogrammus stigmatura (Fowler, 1936) - Fowler's Kribi tetra Species Phenacogrammus taeniatus Gery, 1996 - Gery's Sangha tetra Species Phenacogrammus urotaenia (Boulenger, 1909) - Boulenger's Kribi tetra GENUS Rhabdalestes Hoedeman, 1951 - African tetras Species Rhabdalestes aeratis Stiassny & Schaefer, 2005 - Stiassny's Tumba robber Species Rhabdalestes brevidorsalis (Pellegrin, 1921) - Gribingui robber Species Rhabdalestes leleupi Poll, 1967 - Jipe robber Species Rhabdalestes maunensis (Fowler, 1935) - Okavango robber Species Rhabdalestes rhodesiensis (Ricard-Bertman, 1943) - slender robber Species Rhabdalestes septentrionalis (Boulenger, 1911) - Geba robber [=intermedius, loennbergi] Species Rhabdalestes tangensis (Lonnberg, 1907) - Pangani robber Species Rhabdalestes yokai Ibala Zamba & Vreven, 2008 - Yoka robber GENUS Tricuspidalestes Poll, 1967 - African tetras Species Tricuspidalestes caeruleus (Matthes, 1964) - Boteli tetra GENUS Virilia Roberts, 1967 - African tetras Species Virilia pabrensis (Roman, 1966) - Pabre tetra