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Species in the genus Alestes: [ 18 ] records

adolfi, Alestes Steindachner [F.] 1914:537 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse v. 51 (no. 25); ref. 18910] Ulanga River at Ifakara, Tanzania. Syntypes: (3) NMW 66697 (swimbladder), 66698 (2). Species illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1915:64 [p. 6 of separate] Pl. 1 (figs. 1-1a) [ref. 15072]. •Synonym of Alestes stuhlmannii Pfeffer 1896 -- (Paugy 1984:159 [ref. 6183], as stuhlmanni). Current status: Synonym of Alestes stuhlmannii Pfeffer 1896. Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.

ansorgii, Alestes Boulenger [G. A.] 1910:542 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 6 (no. 36); ref. 577] Quanza River at Cunga and Lucala River at Lucala, Angola. Syntypes: ANSP 37964 (1) Quanza R.; BMNH 1910.11.28.60-62 (3) Lucalla River at Lucalla, 1910.11.28.63-64 (2) Quanza River at Dondo, 1910.11.28.65-70 (6) Quanze River at Cunga; ZMB 18206 (3) Quanza River at Cunga. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:42 [ref. 13621], Zarske 2011:57 [ref. 31375]. •Valid as Alestes ansorgii Boulenger 1910 -- (Paugy 1984:140 [ref. 6183], Stiassny et al. 2009:113 [ref. 30059], Zarske 2011:57 [ref. 31375]). Current status: Valid as Alestes ansorgii Boulenger 1910. Alestidae. Distribution: Angola, Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

baremoze, Myletes Joannis [L. de] 1835:no page number, Pl. 6 [Magasin de Zoologie 1835 (5 anneé); ref. 2355] Nile River at Thebes, Egypt. Syntypes: MNHN A-9712 (3). Type catalog: Bertin 1948:11 [ref. 19577]. Misspelled baremose by Pellegrin 1921:635 [ref. 30437]. Paugy 1986:52 [ref. 32545] mentions two subspecies, A. baremoze soudaniensis and A. baremoze eburneensis, both names not available (no types). •Valid as Alestes baremoze (Joannis 1835) -- (Paugy 1984:141 [ref. 6183], Lévêque et al. 1989:115 [ref. 26480], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1990:204 [ref. 21589], Lévèque et al. 1991:139 [ref. 31367], Dankwa et al. 1999:19 [ref. 28023], Seegers et al. 2003:35 [ref. 28087], Stiassny et al. 2009:113 [ref. 30059], Neumann et al. 2016:305 [ref. 35036], Akoth et al. 2023:11 [ref. 40069]). Current status: Valid as Alestes baremoze (Joannis 1835). Alestidae. Distribution: Africa: Senegal, western Africa to the Nile. Habitat: freshwater.

dentex, Cyprinus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:325 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Nile River. Holotype (unique): NRM 49. Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:214-215 [ref. 20707]. See also Opinion 1813. Based on Salmo dentex Hasselquist 1757:395 [ref. 30181]. •Valid as Alestes dentex (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Paugy 1984:144 [ref. 6183], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1990:205 [ref. 21589], Lévèque et al. 1991:139 [ref. 31367], Dankwa et al. 1999:19 [ref. 28023], Seegers et al. 2003:35 [ref. 28087], Neumann et al. 2016:305 [ref. 35036], Akoth et al. 2023:11 [ref. 40069]). Current status: Valid as Alestes dentex (Linnaeus 1758). Alestidae. Distribution: Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

dentex, Salmo Hasselquist [F.] 1762:437 [Reise nach Palästina; ref. 18250] Nile River, Egypt. Not available, published in a rejected work (ICZN Opinion 57). Also not an independent species description, but same as Cyprinus dentex Linnaeus 1758 -- (Fricke 2008:15 [ref, 30182]). Based on Hasselquist 1757:395 [ref. 30181], also a rejected work (ICZN Opinion 57). •In the synonymy of Alestes dentex (Linnaeus 1758). •Unavailable name -- (Toledo-Piza et al. 2024:445 [ref. 40817]). Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Alestes dentex (Linnaeus 1758). Alestidae.

hasselquistii, Myletes Cuvier [G.] 1818:449, Pl. 21 (fig. 2) [Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 4; ref. 1016] Nile River. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-6301 (1), A-9713 to 9715 (5, 1, 1), A-9883 (2). Type catalog: Bertin 1948:10 [ref. 19577]. Placed on the Official Index in Opinion 1813. •Synonym of Alestes dentex (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Paugy 1984:144 [ref. 6183]). Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Alestes dentex (Linnaeus 1758). Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.

inferus, Alestes Stiassny [M. L. J.], Schelly [R. C.] & Mamonekene [V.] 2009:110, Fig. 1-3, 4A, 5A, 6A and C, 7 [Copeia 2009 (no. 1); ref. 30059] Mpozo River main channel at bridge near confluence with Congo River mainstream, 5°50'05"S, 13°29'42"E, Bas Congo Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Holotype: AMNH 242136. Paratypes: AMNH 242137 (4), 242138 (4, 2 c&s). •Valid as Alestes inferus Stiassny, Schelly & Mamonekene 2009. Current status: Valid as Alestes inferus Stiassny, Schelly & Mamonekene 2009. Alestidae. Distribution: Mpozo River, Democratic Republic of Congo. Habitat: freshwater.

kelbelbahr, Squalus Fabricius [J. C.] in Niebuhr (ex Forsskål) 1775:x [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Alexandria, Egypt [erroneous, should be Nile River, Egypt]. No types known. Originally as kelb el bahr, i.e., canis marinus. Not available as species name is not binomial -- (Fricke 2008:9 [ref. 30182]). Based on Salmo dentex (vernacular name Kalb-el-bar, i.e. canis marinus) of Hasselquist 1762:437 [ref. 18250], a rejected work (ICZN Opinion 57). Both Hasselquist and Fabricius apparently confused the genera Salmo and Squalus. •Questionably a Mustelus sp. -- (Fricke 2008:9 [ref. 30181]). •In the synonymy of Alestes dentex (Linnaeus 1758). •Unavailable name -- (Toledo-Piza et al. 2024:446 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Alestes dentex (Linnaeus 1758). Alestidae.

kotschyi, Alestes Heckel [J. J.] 1847:308, Pl. 21 (fig. 4) [Reisen in Europa, Asien und Africa v. 2 (pt 3); ref. 2068] Assuan, Egypt. Syntypes: NMW 16630 (1, dry), 66687 (2). •Synonym of Alestes baremoze (Joannis 1835) -- (Paugy 1984:140 [ref. 6183]). Current status: Synonym of Alestes baremoze (Joannis 1835). Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.

liebrechtsii, Alestes Boulenger [G. A.] 1898:29, Pl. 15 [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoologie) v. 1 (fasc. 2); ref. 4864] Upoto and Umangi, Upper Congo. Syntypes: (3) BMNH 1898.11.17.22 (1) Upoto; MRAC 140 (1) Upoto, 168 (1) Umangi. •Valid as Alestes liebrechtsii Boulenger 1898 -- (Paugy 1984:151 [ref. 6183], Stiassny et al. 2009:113 [ref. 30059], Munene et al. 2021:22 [ref. 39283], Stiassny et al. 2021:1687 [ref. 39000]). Current status: Valid as Alestes liebrechtsii Boulenger 1898. Alestidae. Distribution: Central Africa: middle and upper Congo River system (Democratic Republic of Congo). Habitat: freshwater.

macrophthalmus, Alestes Günther [A.] 1867:113 [4] [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3) v. 20 (no. 116) (art. 15); ref. 1989] Gabon. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.5.3.25. On p. 4 of separate. •Valid as Alestes macrophthalmus Günther 1867 -- (Paugy 1984:154 [ref. 6183], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1990:206 [ref. 21589], De Vos et al. 2001:129, 131 [ref. 26059], Paugy & Schaefer 2007:363 [ref. 30022], Stiassny et al. 2009:113 [ref. 30059], Kullander & Roberts 2012:368 [ref. 31751], Skelton 2019:233 [ref. 36564] as macropthalmus, Munene et al. 2021:22 [ref. 39283], Fermon et al. 2022:146 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Alestes macrophthalmus Günther 1867. Alestidae. Distribution: Widespread in western, central and eastern Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

niloticus, Characinus Geoffroy St. Hilaire [E.] 1809:50 [239, 241], Pl. 4 [Poissons du Nil v. 1 (part 1); ref. 4182] Nile River. No types known. The page numbers are from a different edition. •Synonym of Alestes dentex (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Paugy 1984:144 [ref. 6183]). Current status: Synonym of Alestes dentex (Linnaeus 1758). Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.

sethente, Alestes Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:190 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Senegal. Syntypes: MNHN A-9716 (5). Type catalog: Bertin 1948:11 [ref. 19577]. •Synonym of Alestes dentex (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Paugy 1984:145 [ref. 6183], Lévèque et al. 1991:139 [ref. 31367]). •Synonym of Alestes dentex (Linnaeus 1758), but possibly a valid subspecies -- (Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1990:205 [ref. 21589]). Current status: Synonym of Alestes dentex (Linnaeus 1758). Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.

splendens, Alestes Werner [F.] 1906:1127 [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse v. 115 (Abt. 1) (no. 7); ref. 17834] Mongalla, upper Nile River. no types known. •Synonym of Alestes baremoze (Joannis 1835) -- (Paugy 1984:141 [ref. 6183]). Current status: Synonym of Alestes baremoze (Joannis 1835). Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.

stuhlmannii, Alestes Pfeffer [G. J.] 1896:44 [Die Thierwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete v. 3; ref. 14617] Kingani River, Tanzania. Syntypes: ZMB 13675 (2). Type catalog: Zarske 2011:60 [ref. 31375]. •Valid as Alestes stuhlmannii Pfeffer 1896 -- (Paugy 1984:159 [ref. 6183] as stuhlmanni, Stiassny et al. 2009:113 [ref. 30059] as stuhlmanni, Zarske 2011:60 [ref. 31375] as stuhlmannii). Current status: Valid as Alestes stuhlmannii Pfeffer 1896. Alestidae. Distribution: Southeastern Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

tanganicae, Alestes (Alestiops) macrophthalmus Hoedeman [J. J.] 1951:3 [Beaufortia v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 2178] Africa (no specific locality). Described in key. •Synonym of Alestes macrophthalmus Günther 1867 -- (Paugy 1984:154 [ref. 6183]). Current status: Synonym of Alestes macrophthalmus Günther 1867. Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.

tchadense, Alestes baremoze Blache [J.] 1964:74, Fig. 30 [Mémoires de l'ORSTOM (Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer) No. 4; ref. 7943] Lake Chad basin. Syntypes: (many). Species spelled baremose on p. 13. •Synonym of Alestes baremoze (Joannis 1835) -- (Paugy 1984:141 [ref. 6183], Lévèque et al. 1991:139 [ref. 31367]). Current status: Synonym of Alestes baremoze (Joannis 1835). Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.

wytsi, Alestes (Alestes) Steindachner [F.] 1870:542 [10], Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 61 (1. Abth.); ref. 18768] Dagana River, Bakel, Senegal, western Africa. Syntypes: (several) ?MCZ 4008 (4); NMW 76206 (2), 54790 (4), 54793 (7), 66755-73 (4, 5, 8, 4, 2, 5, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 5, 2). On p. 10 of separate. •Synonym of Alestes baremoze (Joannis 1835) -- (Paugy 1984:141 [ref. 6183]). Current status: Synonym of Alestes baremoze (Joannis 1835). Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.