longipinnis, Brachyalestes Günther [A.] 1864:315 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Sierra Leone; River Congo. Syntypes: (8) BMNH 1862.11.15.7 [ex Royal Coll. Surgeons] (1), BMNH 1864.3.16.2-7 (6). •Valid as Alestes longipinnis (Günther 1864) -- (Paugy 1984:151 [ref. 6183], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1990:213 [ref. 21589]). •Valid as Brycinus longipinnis (Günther 1864) -- (Lévêque et al. 1989:115 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:300 [ref. 26478], Paugy et al. 1990:337 [ref. 26477], Lévèque et al. 1991:139 [ref. 31367], Dankwa et al. 1999:19 [ref. 28023], Paugy & Schaefer 2007:367 [ref. 30022], Skelton 2019:226 [ref. 36564]). •Valid as Bryconalestes longipinnis (Günther 1864) -- (Zanata & Vari 2005:92 [ref. 28816], Pezold et al. 2016:103 [ref. 34870], Arroyave et al. 2019:[7] [ref. 36840], Fermon et al. 2022:148 [ref. 39448], Walsh et al. 2022:[4] [ref. 39281]). Current status: Valid as Bryconalestes longipinnis (Günther 1864). Alestidae. Distribution: Western-central Africa: Gambia south to Republic of Congo. Habitat: freshwater.