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Species related to Alestes dentex: [ 6 ] records

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], Abdalla & Adam 2024:7 [ref. 42447]). Current status: Valid as Alestes dentex (Linnaeus 1758). Alestidae: Alestinae. Distribution: Northeastern Africa. 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: Alestinae. 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: Alestinae. 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: Alestinae.

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: Alestinae. 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: Alestinae.