Alestes

Familia: Alestidae
Genus: Alestes
Species: A. baremoze – A. comptus – A. dentex – A. inferus – A. liebrechtsii – A. macrophthalmus – A. stuhlmannii

Alestes J. Müller & Troschel, 1844

• Gender: Masculine
• Type species: Salmo niloticus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Type by subsequent designation by Jordan, 1919

• Alestiops Hoedeman, 1951
• Alestobrycon Hoedeman, 1951
• Brachyalestes Günther, 1864
• Myletes Cuvier, 1814

• Müller, J. & Troschel, F.H. 1844: Synopsis generum et specierum familiae Characinorum. (Prodromus descriptionis novorum generum et specierum). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 10 (pt 1): 81–99 + Zu pag. 99. BHL
• Jordan, D.S. 1919: The genera of fishes, part II, from Agassiz to Bleeker, 1833-1858, twenty-six years, with the accepted type of each. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. Leland Stanford Jr. University Publications, University Series(36): i-ix + 163-284 + i-xiii. BHL
• Paugy, D. Révision systématique des Alestes et Brycinus africains (Pisces, Characidae). Collection Études et Thèses. Éditions de l'O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris. 295 p. Preview

• Alestes – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Alestes in the World Register of Marine Species
• Alestes species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Alestes and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

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