rhodopleura, Alestes Boulenger [G. A.] 1906:547, Pl. 30 (fig. 3) [Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 17 (pt 6, no. 1); ref. 573] Lake Tanganyika. Syntypes: BMNH 1898.9.9.79 (1) Tanganyika, 1906.9.8.37 (1) Niamkolo, 1906.9.8.38 (1) Mtondwe Bay, 1906.9.8.39 (1) Lofu. •Valid as Alestes rhodopleura Boulenger 1906 -- (Paugy 1984:157 [ref. 6183]). •Valid as Brycinus rhodopleura (Boulenger 1906) -- (De Vos et al. 2001:129, 131 [ref. 26059], Stiassny et al. 2023:599 [ref. 40595], Boden & Geelhand de Merxem 2024:30 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Brycinus rhodopleura (Boulenger 1906). Alestidae. Distribution: East Central Africa: Lake Tanganyika. Habitat: freshwater.