African tetras (family Alestidae, formerly spelled Alestiidae) are a group of characiform fish found exclusively in Africa. This family contains about...

African and belong to the family Alestidae. Several species belonging to the genus Hydrocynus of the family Alestidae are referred to as "tigerfish", and...

mbenga, is a very large African predatory freshwater fish of the family Alestidae. Hydrocynus goliath is found in the Congo River Basin (including Lualaba...

Lake Ngami in Botswana. The genus Hydrocynus is placed in the family Alestidae within the suborder Characoidei in the order Characiformes by the 5th...

belonging to the biological family Characidae and to its former subfamilies Alestidae (the "African tetras") and Lebiasinidae. The Characidae are distinguished...

elongate tigerfish, is a species of predatory characin from the family Alestidae which is found in northern and western Africa. Hydrocynus forskahlii has...

east. It is the only dam in South Africa where African tigerfish (family Alestidæ) can be caught. The uPhongolo Local Municipality is one of five local municipalities...

Phenacogrammus interruptus Boulenger, 1899 (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Alestidae) Author: Pecio, Anna Folia Biologica, Volume 57, Numbers 1–2, December...

Hydrocynus is a genus of characin fish in the family Alestidae commonly called "tigerfish," native to Africa. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek...

known as the jellybean tetra, is a very small African fish of the family Alestidae. It is the only member of its genus. Lepidarchus adonis is native to freshwater...

(carp/cyprinids, such as Labeo simpsoni), Mormyridae (elephant fishes), Alestidae (African tetras), Mochokidae (squeaker catfishes), and Cichlidae (cichlids)...

Turkana robber (Brycinus minutus) is a species of fish in the family Alestidae. It is endemic to Lake Turkana in Kenya. Akinyi, E. (2006). "Brycinus...

Characiformes: Families Distichodontidae, Citharinidae, Crenuchidae, Alestidae and Hepsetidae". The ETYFish Project. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth...

to eat. It is an important bait fish for the African tigerfish (family Alestidae) and, although introduced in Kariba and Cahora Bassa, does not seem to...

CHARACIFORMES: Families DISTICHODONTIDAE, CITHARINIDAE, CRENUCHIDAE, ALESTIDAE and HEPSETIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher...

The redfin robber (Brycinus affinis) is a species of fish in the family Alestidae. It is endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater...

Mamonekene, V. & Stiassny, M.L.J. (2012): A New Bathyaethiops (Characiformes: Alestidae) from the Lékoumou River (Kouilou-Niari Basin) in the Republic of Congo;...

Pangani robber (Rhabdalestes tangensis) is a species of fish in the family Alestidae. It is found in the Pangani River drainages, including Lake Jipe, in Tanzania...

Alestes dentex is a species of freshwater fish in the family Alestidae. It is found in Africa. Alestes dentex is typically found in Central and West Africa...

Phenacogrammus bleheri is a species of African tetra fish in the family Alestidae. It is known only from a small tributary of the Bari River in the Lua...

aurantiacus is a species of freshwater African tetra fish in the family Alestidae. Individuals of the species may reach a total length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in)...

CHARACIFORMES: Families DISTICHODONTIDAE, CITHARINIDAE, CRENUCHIDAE, ALESTIDAE and HEPSETIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher...

striped robber (Brycinus lateralis) is a species of fish in the family Alestidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa...

Lake Turkana robber (Brycinus ferox) is a species of fish in the family Alestidae. It is endemic to Lake Turkana in Kenya. Akinyi, E. (2006). "Brycinus...

Phenacogrammus urotaenia is a species of African tetra fish in the family Alestidae. It is endemic to the Ntem and Ogowe River basins in Gabon and Cameroon...

Brycinus rhodopleura is a species of fish in the family Alestidae. It is endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. They...

Nannopetersius mutambuei is a species of African tetra fish in the family Alestidae. It is endemic to the Inkisi River upstream of the Sanga dam in the lower...

Type species Charax gibbosus Linnaeus, 1758 Families Acestrorhynchidae Alestidae Anostomidae Bryconidae Chalceidae Characidae Chilodontidae Citharinidae...

Alestes stuhlmannii is a species of fish in the family Alestidae. It is endemic to the Ulanga River in Morogoro Region of Tanzania. Named in honor of...

Victoria robber (Brycinus jacksonii) is a species of fish in the family Alestidae. It is found in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. It occurs in Lake...