Species that contain: Micralestes and altus [ 2 ] records

altus, Micralestes Boulenger [G. A.] 1899:88, Pl. 36 (fig. 5) [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoologie) v. 1 (fasc. 4); ref. 549] Bikoro, Lake Tumba, Upper Congo. Lectotype: MRAC 806. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1899.9.26.98-99 (2); MRAC 807-810 (4), 811-815 (5), 1281 (1). Lectotype selected in Poll 1967:106 [ref. 3529]. •Valid as Phenacogrammus altus (Boulenger 1899) -- (Géry 1996:8 [ref. 22207]). •Valid as Brachypetersius altus (Boulenger 1899) -- (Paugy 1984:164 [ref. 6183], Nzeyimana & Amiet 1992:31 [ref. 19559], Mamonekene & Stiassny 2012:478 [ref. 32195], Munene et al. 2021:22 [ref. 39283], Stiassny et al. 2021:1687 [ref. 39000]). Current status: Valid as Brachypetersius altus (Boulenger 1899). Alestidae. Distribution: Central Africa: upper Congo River system (Democratic Republic of Congo). Habitat: freshwater.

rochefoucauldi, Micralestes Fowler [H. W.] 1936:256, Fig. 23 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 88; ref. 1424] Fort Sibut, Central African Republic [Ubangi-Shari]. Holotype: ANSP 65549. Paratypes: ANSP 65550 (1), 65551 (1, c&s). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:53 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Brachypetersius altus (Boulenger 1899) -- (Paugy 1984:164 [ref. 6183]). Current status: Synonym of Brachypetersius altus (Boulenger 1899). Alestidae. Habitat: freshwater.