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Alestidae {family} -
Chordata
;
Actinopterygii
;
Characiformes
;
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Sub-taxa
Genera (20)
Alestes [579]
Alestopetersius [44]
Arnoldichthys [3]
Bathyaethiops [14]
Brachyalestes [41]
Brachypetersius [36]
Brycinus [500]
Bryconaethiops [88]
Bryconalestes [54]
Clupeocharax [2]
Hemigrammopetersius [4]
Hydrocynus [80]
Ladigesia [4]
Lepidarchus [1]
Micralestes [133]
Nannopetersius [21]
Phenacogrammus [58]
Rhabdalestes [16]
Tricuspidalestes [1]
Virilia [1]
Taxon Description (Wikipedia)
full article at Wikipedia
BOLD Stats
Specimen Records:
1,681
Public Records:
799
Specimens with Sequences:
1,472
Public Species:
89
Specimens with Barcodes:
1,426
Public BINs:
107
Species:
97
Species With Barcodes:
92
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Imagery
images representing subtaxa of Alestidae
(
Rhabdalestes
)
Sample ID:
ACEP09-1758
License:
CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011)
License Holder:
SAIAB
Collection Sites
Collected from 14 countries.
Top 20:
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Cameroon
566
Senegal
15
Central African Republic
5
Democratic Republic of the Congo
44
Guinea
14
Botswana
4
Gabon
43
Angola
9
Zambia
3
Nigeria
43
South Africa
6
Ivory Coast
1
Kenya
35
Namibia
6
![(Alestes - BNF 202) @12 [ ] Copyright (2010) C. Nwani Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BAFEN/BNF_202._JPG%2B1276271842.jpg "(Alestes - BNF 202) {} [ ] Copyright (2010)")
![(Brachyalestes - DO-AK 063) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/DOFKA/DO-AK_063%2B1207643382.JPG "(Brachyalestes - DO-AK 063) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Brachypetersius - OS20792 GAB17-1806) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Joe Cutler Oregon State University](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/FIGAB/OS20791_GAB171806_Brachypetersius_gabonensis%2B1563921774.jpg "(Brachypetersius - OS20792 GAB17-1806) {} [ ] CreativeCommons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017)")
![(Brycinus - HVDBF_CUN__005) @14 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HVDBF/IMG_7151%2B1346935970.JPG "(Brycinus - HVDBF_CUN__005) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Bryconaethiops - OL-0717) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/DSMIS/IMG_3555%2B1326981916.JPG "(Bryconaethiops - OL-0717) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012)")
![(Bryconalestes - PK12-2487) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) SAIAB SAIAB](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/GUFW/IMG_2487%2B1328137768.JPG "(Bryconalestes - PK12-2487) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012)")
![(Hemigrammopetersius - TM11-238) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011) SAIAB SAIAB](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MAFW/TM11-238%2B1316214644.JPG "(Hemigrammopetersius - TM11-238) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011)")
![(Hydrocynus - AC13A79) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) SAIAB SAIAB](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ACAM/AC13A79%2B1391197214.jpg "(Hydrocynus - AC13A79) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013)")
![(Ladigesia - OL-0113) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2009) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/DSBAD/IMG_3989a%2B1257453328.JPG "(Ladigesia - OL-0113) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2009)")
![(Lepidarchus - JHL2019011) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial (2019) Unspecified University of Colorado, Boulder](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HEEN/JHL2019011%2B1557261569.JPG "(Lepidarchus - JHL2019011) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial (2019)")
![(Micralestes - 02_2012_021) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) Frederick Hermanus Van der Bank University of Johannesburg](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HVDBF/IMG_6450%2B1340719622.JPG "(Micralestes - 02_2012_021) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012)")
![(Nannopetersius - OS22217 GAB17-1724) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Oregon State University Oregon State University](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/FIGAB/OS22217_GAB171724_Nannopetersius_mutambuei%2B1563902382.jpg "(Nannopetersius - OS22217 GAB17-1724) {} [ ] CreativeCommons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017)")
![(Phenacogrammus - KW12-AT001) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) SAIAB SAIAB](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/FWAQ/IMG_0027-4000%2B1337102564.jpg "(Phenacogrammus - KW12-AT001) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012)")
![(Rhabdalestes - ACEP09-1758) @12 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011) SAIAB SAIAB](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ZAFW/ACEP09-1758%2B1316556208.JPG "(Rhabdalestes - ACEP09-1758) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011)")
