Brachyalestes

Brachyalestes
Brachyalestes imberi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Alestidae
Genus:	Brachyalestes Günther, 1864
Type species
Myletes nurse Rüppell, 1832
Synonyms
Alestogrammus Hoedeman, 1956

Brachyalestes is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Alestidae, the African tetras. The fishes in this genus are found in Africa.

Species

Brachyalestes contains the following valid species:

• Brachyalestes abeli (Fowler, 1936)
• Brachyalestes affinis (Günther, 1894)
• Brachyalestes bimaculatus (Boulenger, 1899)
• Brachyalestes carolinae (Paugy & Lévêque, 1981)
• Brachyalestes comptus (Roberts & Stewart, 1976)
• Brachyalestes epuluensis (Decru, Vreven, Sadio & Snoeks, 2016)
• Brachyalestes ferox (A. J. Hopson & J. Hopson, 1982)
• Brachyalestes fwaensis (Géry, 1995)
• Brachyalestes humilis (Boulenger, 1905)
• Brachyalestes imberi (Peters. 1852)
• Brachyalestes jackiae Stiassny & Melo, 2023
• Brachyalestes jacksonii (Boulenger, 1912)
• Brachyalestes kingsleyae (Günther, 1896)
• Brachyalestes lateralis (Boulenger, 1900)
• Brachyalestes minutus (Hopson & Hopson, 1982)
• Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell, 1832)
• Brachyalestes nigricauda (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1974)
• Brachyalestes opisthotaenia (Boulenger, 1903)
• Brachyalestes peringueyi (Boulenger, 1923)
• Brachyalestes sadleri (Boulenger, 1906)
• Brachyalestes taeniurus (Günther, 1867)

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