Tricuspidalestes

Tricuspidalestes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Characiformes
Family: Alestidae
Genus: Tricuspidalestes
Poll, 1967
Species:
T. caeruleus
Binomial name
Tricuspidalestes caeruleus
(Matthes, 1964)
Synonyms
  • Phenacogrammus caeruleus Matthes, 1964

Tricuspidalestes is monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Alestidae, the African tetras. The only species in the genus is Tricuspidalestes caeruleus, a species that is endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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