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Alestopetersius is a genus of characins, fish found mostly in Congo River Basin in Middle Africa with one species (A. smykalai) from the lower Niger River in Nigeria. There are currently 10 described species in this genus.

Alestopetersius
Alestopetersius caudalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Alestidae
Subfamily:	Petersiinae
Genus:	Alestopetersius Hoedeman, 1951

Species

• Alestopetersius bifasciatus (Poll, 1967)
• Alestopetersius brichardi Poll, 1967
• Alestopetersius caudalis (Boulenger, 1899) (Yellowtail tetra)
• Alestopetersius compressus (Poll & J. P. Gosse, 1963)
• Alestopetersius conspectus Mbimbe & Stiassny, 2012[1]
• Alestopetersius hilgendorfi (Boulenger, 1899)
• Alestopetersius leopoldianus (Boulenger, 1899)
• Alestopetersius nigropterus Poll, 1967
• Alestopetersius smykalai Poll, 1967
• Alestopetersius tumbensis Hoedeman, 1951

References

• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Alestopetersius in FishBase. October 2011 version.

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