Species that contain: Micralestes and acutidens [ 5 ] records

acutidens, Alestes Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1852:276 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852; ref. 18539] Zambezi River, Mozambique. Syntypes: BMNH 1861.3.10.3-4 (2, now 1); ZMB 31539 [ex ZMB 3576] (1), 3576-77 (3, 2), 16558 (many), ?23579 (7), ?23582 (18). Type catalog: Zarske 2011:57 [ref. 31375]. Also in Peters 1868:64, Pl. 12 (fig. 2) [ref. 3440]. •Valid as Micralestes acutidens (Peters 1852) -- (Paugy 1984:174 [ref. 6183], Lévêque et al. 1989:116 [ref. 26480], Skelton 1993:203 [ref. 24071], Skelton 2001:203 [ref. 27406], Stiassny & Mamonekene 2007:25 [ref. 29301], Paugy & Schaefer 2007:387 [ref. 30022], Zarske 2011:57 [ref. 31375], Marshall 2011:135 [ref. 31755], Kullander & Roberts 2012:361, 368 [ref. 31751], Kramer et al. 2016:unnumbered p. [ref. 34331], Bruton et al. 2018:60 [ref. 36373], Skelton 2019:233 [ref. 36564], Munene et al. 2021:22 [ref. 39283]). Current status: Valid as Micralestes acutidens (Peters 1852). Alestidae. Distribution: Central and southeastern Africa to West Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

brevianalis, Micralestes Blache [J.] & Miton [F.] 1960:101 [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 1959-0231 ("Types" 59, now 16); "paratypes": MNHN 1959-0236 (5, now 1), 1987-2108 [ex 1959-236] (2); CEPFL 9 (1), 839 (1). Type catalog: Blanc 1961:263 [ref. 20870]. •Synonym of Micralestes acutidens (Peters 1852) -- (Paugy 1984:174 [ref. 6183]). •Synonym of Micralestes elongatus Daget 1957 -- (Lévèque et al. 1991:139 [ref. 31367]). Current status: Synonym of Micralestes elongatus Daget 1957. Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.

elongatus, Micralestes acutidens Daget [J.] 1957:126, Fig. 11 (bottom) [Mémoires de l'Institut français d'Afrique Noire No. 50; ref. 12063] Bougouri-Ba, Upper Volta. Holotype: MNHN 1956-0106. Paratypes: MNHN 1960-0409 (3), 1960-0410 (16, now 14), 1960-0411 (4), 1960-0412 (9), 1960-0413 (6, now 5); MRAC 154714-15 (2). Type catalog: Blanc 1961:262 [ref. 20870]. •Valid as Micralestes elongatus Daget 1957 -- (Paugy 1984:175 [ref. 6183], Paugy 1990:81 [ref. 19787], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1990:228 [ref. 21589], Lévèque et al. 1991:139 [ref. 31367], Dankwa et al. 1999:20 [ref. 28023], Seegers et al. 2003:36 [ref. 28087] as aff. elongatus, Paugy & Schaefer 2007:389 [ref. 30022], Neumann et al. 2016:305 [ref. 35036]). Current status: Valid as Micralestes elongatus Daget 1957. Alestidae. Distribution: Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

luluae, Micralestes Fowler [H. W.] 1930:29, Fig. 2 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 82; ref. 1406] Lulua River, Kasai River basin, Democratic Republic of Congo. Holotype: ANSP 51715. Paratypes: ANSP 51716-39 (24). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:50 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Micralestes acutidens (Peters 1852) -- (Paugy 1984:174 [ref. 6183]). Current status: Synonym of Micralestes acutidens (Peters 1852). Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.

neglectus, Petersius Boulenger [G. A.] 1920:18 [Annales du Musée du Congo Belge Sér. C (Zoologie) (Sér. 1) v. 2 (fasc. 4); ref. 587] Poko, Democratic Republic of Congo. Holotype (unique): MRAC 8064. •Synonym of Micralestes acutidens (Peters 1852) -- (Paugy 1984:174 [ref. 6183]). Current status: Synonym of Micralestes acutidens (Peters 1852). Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.