nigricauda, Alestes Thys van den Audenaerde [D. F. E.] 1974:143, Fig. 1 [Revue de Zoologie Africaine v. 88 (no. 1); ref. 7545] Toyébli, 6°38'N, 8°29'W, Cess River, Ivory Coast. Holotype: MRAC 73-10-P-1510. Paratypes: MRAC 73-5-P-896-97 (2), 73-5-P-898-99 (2), 73-10-P-1511-1516 (6), 73-10-P-1517-20 (4). •Valid as Alestes nigricauda Thys van den Audenaerde 1974 -- (Paugy 1984:155 [ref. 6183]). •Valid as Brycinus nigricauda (Thys van den Audenaerde 1974) -- (Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1990:217 [ref. 21589], Paugy et al. 1990:337 [ref. 26477], Boden & Geelhand de Merxem 2024:28 [ref. 40817]). •Valid as Brachyalestes nigricauda (Thys van den Audenaerde 1974) -- (Stiassny et al. 2023:600 [ref. 40595]). Current status: Valid as Brachyalestes nigricauda (Thys van den Audenaerde 1974). Alestidae. Distribution: Western Africa: Ivory Coast. Habitat: freshwater.