Species that contain: Alestes and bimaculatus [ 1 ] records

bimaculatus, Alestes Boulenger [G. A.] 1899:85, Pl. 36 (fig. 3) [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoologie) v. 1 (fasc. 4); ref. 549] Kutu and Lake Leopold II, Upper Congo. Syntypes: BMNH 1899.9.26.92-93 (2), MRAC 792-795 (4). •Valid as Alestes bimaculatus Boulenger 1899 -- (Paugy 1984:143 [ref. 6183]). •Valid as Brycinus bimaculatus (Boulenger 1899) -- (Stiassny et al. 2021:1687 [ref. 39000], Boden & Geelhand de Merxem 2024:26 [ref. 40817]). •Valid as Brachyalestes bimaculatus (Boulenger 1899) -- (Stiassny et al. 2023:600 [ref. 40595]). Current status: Valid as Brachyalestes bimaculatus (Boulenger 1899). Alestidae. Distribution: Central Africa: middle Congo River basin, Democratic Republic of Congo. Habitat: freshwater.