Species that contain: Brycinus and nurse [ 10 ] records

albolineatus, Alestes nurse Holly [M.] 1928:312, Fig. 1 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 76 (nos 11/12) (art. 9); ref. 15854] Senegal. Syntypes: (23) NMW 13113-33 (21), 13334-35 (2). Type catalog: Bogutskaya et al. 2022:46 [ref. 39277]. •Synonym of Alestes leuciscus Günther 1867 -- (Paugy 1984:150 [ref. 6183]). •Synonym of Bryconalestes leuciscus (Günther 1867) -- (Boden & Geelhand de Merxem 2024:33 [ref. 40817]). •Synonym of Brycinus leuciscus (Günther 1867). Current status: Synonym of Brycinus leuciscus (Günther 1867). Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.

allenii, Myletes Bennett [E. T.] 1834:45 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1834 (pt 2) (no. 18); ref. 16796] Quorro River, Niger, western Africa. No types known. •Synonym of Brycinus nurse (Rüppell 1832) -- (Boden & Geelhand de Merxem 2024:28 [ref. 40817]). •Synonym of Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell 1832). Current status: Synonym of Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell 1832). Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.

bouboni, Alestes Roman [B.] 1973:51, Fig. [Notes et documents voltaïques: bulletin trimestriel d'information scientifique, Centre Voltaïque de la Recherche Scientifique. v. 6 (no. 3); ref. 7468] Boubon, Niger River, 20 kilometers north of Niamey, Niger, western Africa. Holotype: MHV-V436. Paratypes: MHV-V437 (1, allotype), V438-441 (4), V952 (1). •Valid as Alestes bouboni Roman 1973 -- (Paugy 1984:143 [ref. 6183]). •Synonym of Brycinus nurse (Rüppell 1832) -- (Lévèque et al. 1991:139 [ref. 31367], Boden & Geelhand de Merxem 2024:29 [ref. 40817]). •Synonym of Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell 1832). Current status: Synonym of Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell 1832). Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.

dageti, Alestes Blache [J.] & Miton [F.] 1960:100 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 32 (no. 1); ref. 20673] Lake Chad, Zone E.-S.-E, at border of Ilôts-bancs (loc. Bangarom). Syntypes: MNHN 1959-0224 (19, as "types"), CEPFL 1082-89 (8, as "paratypes") and 1091-94 (4, as "paratypes"). Type catalog: Blanc 1961:262 [ref. 20870]. •Valid as Alestes dageti Blache & Miton 1960 -- (Paugy 1984:144 [ref. 6183]). •Synonym of Brycinus nurse (Rüppell 1832), but a valid subspecies -- (Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1990:215-216 [ref. 21589]). •Synonym of Brycinus nurse (Rüppell 1832) -- (Lévèque et al. 1991:139 [ref. 31367], Boden & Geelhand de Merxem 2024:29 [ref. 40817]). •Synonym of Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell 1832). Current status: Synonym of Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell 1832). Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.

erythropterus, Alestes Pellegrin [J.] 1908:139 [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 32 (no. 5/6) [for 1907]; ref. 15167] Soubré, middle Sassandra River basin, Ivory Coast. Syntypes: MNHN 1907-0320 and 0321 (1, 1). Type catalog: Bertin 1948:12 [ref. 19577]. •Synonym of Alestes nurse (Rüppell 1832) -- (Paugy 1984:156 [ref. 6183]). •Synonym of Brycinus nurse (Rüppell 1832) -- (Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1990:215 [ref. 21589], Boden & Geelhand de Merxem 2024:29 [ref. 40817]). •Synonym of Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell 1832). Current status: Synonym of Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell 1832). Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.

guile, Chalceus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:255 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Thebes; Senegal. Syntype: MNHN A-9767 (1), probably not MNHN A-9768 (3). Perhaps not independent of Myletes guile Joannis 1835. •Synonym of Alestes nurse (Rüppell 1832) -- (Paugy 1984:156 [ref. 6183]). •Synonym of Brycinus nurse (Rüppell 1832) -- (Boden & Geelhand de Merxem 2024:28 [ref. 40817]). •Synonym of Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell 1832). Current status: Synonym of Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell 1832). Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.

guile, Myletes Joannis [L. de] 1835:no page number, Pl. 9 [Magasin de Zoologie 1835 (5 anneé); ref. 2355] Nile River at Thèbes, Egypt. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9717. Type catalog: Bertin 1948:11 [ref. 19577]. Originally as guilé. •Synonym of Alestes nurse (Rüppell 1832) -- (Paugy 1984:155 [ref. 6183]). •Synonym of Brycinus nurse (Rüppell 1832) -- (Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1990:215 [ref. 21589], Boden & Geelhand de Merxem 2024:28 [ref. 40817]). •Synonym of Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell 1832). Current status: Synonym of Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell 1832). Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.

nana, Alestes nurse var. Pellegrin [J.] 1935:133 [Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (N. S.) (Série A) Zoologie v. 2 (no. 7); ref. 13918] Nanoropus, Lake Rudolf [Lake Turkana], Kenya, elevation 565 meters. Syntypes: MNHN 1933-0084 to 0086 (7, 6, 7); NMBA 4888 (1). Type catalog: Bertin 1948:12-13 [ref. 19577], Kottelat & Sutter 1988:52 [ref. 13796]. Possibly published earlier in Pellegrin 1935:415 [ref. 13732] but in name only. •Synonym of Alestes nurse (Rüppell 1832) -- (Paugy 1984:156 [ref. 6183]). •Synonym of Brycinus nurse (Rüppell 1832), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1990:216 [ref. 21589], Lévèque et al. 1991:139 [ref. 31367], Seegers et al. 2003:35 [ref. 28087]). •Synonym of Brycinus nurse (Rüppell 1832) -- (Boden & Geelhand de Merxem 2024:29 [ref. 40817]). •Synonym of Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell 1832). Current status: Synonym of Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell 1832). Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.

nurse, Myletes Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1832:12, Pl. 2 (fig. 3) [Fortsetzung der Beschreibung und Abbildung meherer neuer Fische; ref. 18643] Cairo, Egypt. Holotype (unique): SMF 1051. •Valid as Alestes nurse Rüppell 1832 -- (Paugy 1984:155 [ref. 6183]). •Valid as Brycinus nurse (Rüppell 1832) -- (Lévêque et al. 1989:116 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:300 [ref. 26478], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1990:215 [ref. 21589], Paugy et al. 1990:337 [ref. 26477], Dankwa et al. 1999:19 [ref. 28023], Seegers et al. 2003:35 [ref. 28087] with subspecies, Paugy & Schaefer 2007:375 [ref. 30022], Neumann et al. 2016:305 [ref. 35036], Akoth et al. 2023:11 [ref. 40069], Boden & Geelhand de Merxem 2024:28 [ref. 40817]). •Valid as Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell 1832) -- (Stiassny et al. 2023:600 [ref. 40595]). Current status: Valid as Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell 1832). Alestidae. Distribution: Africa: western and north-eastern Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

rueppellii, Brachyalestes Günther [A.] 1864:315 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Upper Nile River, Khartoum, Sudan. Syntypes: BMNH 1862.6.17.15-16 (2), 1862.6.17.154 (1). Originally as rüppellii, corrected to rueppellii by Kullander 2016:95 [ref. 34436]. •Synonym of Alestes nurse (Rüppell 1832) -- (Paugy 1984:156 [ref. 6183]). •Synonym of Brycinus nurse (Rüppell 1832) -- (Boden & Geelhand de Merxem 2024:29 [ref. 40817]). •Synonym of Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell 1832). Current status: Synonym of Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell 1832). Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.