Brachyalestes
| Brachyalestes | |
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| Brachyalestes imberi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Alestidae |
| Genus: | Günther, 1864[1] |
| Type species | |
| Myletes nurse | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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
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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
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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.