After Nelson, 1994, Stewart, 1997, and Froese & Pauly, 2001 ["The FishBase"]
<==o Alestiinae [Alestidae] (African tetras; afrikantetrat) |-- †Mahengecharax carrolii Murray, 2003; Eoc. EAf. |?-o †Sindacharax Greenwood & Howes, 1975 [jr. synon. to Alestes (Stewart, 1997)] | |-- †S. deserti (Greenwood, 1972) [Alestes deserti Greenwood, 1972] | |-- †S. lepersonnei | |-- †S. sp.1 [Lake Edward Basin?, Uganda] [Stewart, 1997] | |-- †S. greenwoodi Stewart, 1997 | |-- †S. sp.2 [Koobi Fora FM., Turkana Basin, Kenya] [Difley & Feibel, 2001] | |-- †S. sp.3 [Koobi Fora FM., Turkana Basin, Kenya] [Difley & Feibel, 2001] | |-- †S. sp.4 [Koobi Fora FM., Turkana Basin, Kenya] [Difley & Feibel, 2001] | |-- †S. sp.5 [Koobi Fora FM., Turkana Basin, Kenya] [Difley & Feibel, 2001] | |-- †S. sp.6 [Koobi Fora FM., Turkana Basin, Kenya] [Difley & Feibel, 2001] | |-- †S. sp.7 [Koobi Fora FM., Turkana Basin, Kenya] [Difley & Feibel, 2001] | |-- †S. sp.8 [Koobi Fora FM., Turkana Basin, Kenya] [Difley & Feibel, 2001] | `-- †S. sp.9 [Koobi Fora FM., Turkana Basin, Kenya] [Difley & Feibel, 2001] |?-o Alestopetersius | |-- A. brichardi Poll, 1967 | |-- A. caudalis (Boulenger, 1899) (Yellowtail tetra; keltapyrstöalesti) | |-- A. compressus (Poll & Gosse, 1963) | |-- A. hilgendorfi (Boulenger, 1899) | |-- A. leopoldianus (Boulenger, 1899) | `-- A. nigropterus Poll, 1967 |?- Arnoldichthys spilopterus (Boulenger, 1909) (Niger tetra; guineantetra) |?-o Bathyaethiops | |-- B. breuseghemi (Poll, 1945) | |-- B. caudomaculatus (Pellegrin, 1925) (African moon tetra) | `-- B. greeni Fowler, 1949 |?-o Brachypetersius | |-- B. altus (Boulenger, 1899) | |-- B. cadwaladeri (Fowler, 1930) | |-- B. gabonensis Poll, 1967 | |-- B. huloti (Poll, 1954) | |-- B. notospilus (Pellegrin, 1930) | `-- B. pseudonummifer Poll, 1967 |?- Clupeocharax schoutedeni Pellegrin, 1926 |?-o Duboisialestes | |-- D. bifasciatus Poll, 1967 | `-- D. tumbensis (Hoedeman, 1951) |?-o Hemigrammopetersius | |-- H. barnardi (Herre, 1936) (Barnard's robber) | `-- H. pulcher (Boulenger, 1909) |?- Ladigesia roloffi Géry, 1968 (Jellybean tetra) |?- Lepidarchus adonis Roberts, 1966 (Jellybean tetra) |?-o Micralestes | |-- M. acutidens (Peters, 1852) (Sharptooth tetra) | |-- M. argyrotaenia Trewavas, 1936 | |-- M. comoensis Poll & Roman, 1967 | |-- M. congicus Poll, 1967 | |-- M. eburneensis Daget, 1965 | |-- M. elongatus Daget, 1957 | |-- M. fodori Matthes, 1965 | |-- M. holargyreus (Günther, 1873) | |-- M. humilis Boulenger, 1899 | |-- M. lualabae Poll, 1967 | |-- M. occidentalis (Günther, 1899) | |-- M. pabrensis (Roman, 1966) | |-- M. sardina Poll, 1938 | |-- M. stormsi Boulenger, 1902 | `-- M. vittatus (Boulenger, 1917) |?-o Nanopetersius | |-- N. ansorgii (Boulenger, 1910) | `-- N. lamberti Poll, 1967 |?- Petersius conserialis Hilgendorf, 1894 |?-o Phenacogrammus [Micralestes] | |-- P. aurantiacus (Pellegrin, 1930) | |-- P. deheyni Poll, 1945 | |-- P. interruptus (Boulenger, 1899) [Micralestes interruptus] (kongontetra; Congo tetra) | |-- P. major (Boulenger, 1903) | |-- P. polli Lambert, 1961 | |-- P. stigmatura (Fowler, 1936) | |-- P. taeniatus Géry, 1996 | `-- P. urotaenia (Boulenger, 1909) |?-o Rhabdalestes | |-- R. brevidorsalis (Pellegrin, 1921) | |-- R. leleupi Poll, 1967 | |-- R. maunensis (Fowler, 1935) (Okavango robber) | |-- R. rhodesiensis (Ricardo-Bertram, 1943) (Slender robber) | |-- R. septentrionalis (Boulenger, 1911) | |-- R. smykalai (Poll, 1967) | `-- R. tangensis (Lönnberg, 1907) |?- Tricuspidalestes caeruleus (Matthes, 1964) |?- “Brycinus” tholloni (Pellegrin, 1901) [Alestes tholloni Pellegrin, 1901] |?- “Brycinus” leuciscus (Günther, 1867) |?- “Brycinus” lateralis (Boulenger, 1900) [Alestes lateralis Boulenger, 1900] (Striped robber) |?- “Brycinus” longipinnis (Günther, 1864) [Alestes longipennis] (viiritetra; Longfin tetra) |?- “Brycinus” derhami [Alestes derhami (Géry & Mahnert, 1977)] `--+--o Brycinus sensu stricto | |-- B. brevis (Boulenger, 1903) | |-- B. carolinae (Paugy & Lévêque, 1981) | |-- B. imberi (Peters, 1852) (Spot-tail) | |-- B. intermedius (Boulenger, 1903) | |-- B. kingsleyae (Günther, 1896) | |-- B. luteus (Roman, 1966) | |-- B. macrolepidotus Valenciennes, 1850 (True big-scale tetra) | |-- B. nigricauda (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1974) | |-- B. nurse (Rüppell, 1832) (Nurse tetra) | `-- B. opisthotaenia (Boulenger, 1903) |--o Bryconaethiops | |-- B. boulengeri Pellegrin, 1900 | |-- B. macrops Boulenger, 1920 | |-- B. microstoma Günther, 1873 | `-- B. quinquesquamae Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1990 `--+--o Hydrocynys | |-- H. brevis (Günther, 1864) (Tiger-fish) | |-- H. forskalii (Cuvier, 1819) | |-- H. goliath (Boulenger, 1898) (susitetra, petotetra; Giant tigerfish) | |-- H. somonorum (Daget, 1954) | |-- H. vittatus (Castelnau, 1861) (Tiger fish) | `-- H. vittiger (Boulenger, 1907) `--o Alestes [Brycinus] sensu stricto; Tert. R. Af. |-- †A. junneri |-- A. abeli Fowler, 1936 |-- A. affinis Günther, 1894 (Redfin robber) |-- A. ansorgii Boulenger, 1910 |-- A. baremoze (Joannis, 1835) (Silversides) |-- A. bartoni Nichols & La Monte, 1953 |-- A. batesii Boulenger, 1903 |-- A. bimaculatus Boulenger, 1899 |-- A. bouboni Roman, 1973 |-- A. carmesinus Nichols & Griscom, 1917 |-- A. comptus Roberts & Stewart, 1976 |-- A. dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) (Characin) |-- A. grandisquamis Boulenger, 1899 (Pinkfin Alestes) |-- A. humilis Boulenger, 1905 |-- A. jacksonii Boulenger, 1912 |-- A. liebrechtsii Boulenger, 1898 |-- A. macrophthalmus Günther, 1867 (Torpedo robber) |-- A. peringueyi Boulenger, 1923 |-- A. poptae Pellegrin, 1906 |-- A. rhodopleura Boulenger, 1906 |-- A. sadleri Boulenger, 1906 (Sadler's robber) |-- A. schoutedeni Boulenger, 1912 |-- A. stuhlmanni Pfeffer, 1896 |-- A. taeniurus Günther, 1867 `-- A. tessmanni Pappenheim, 1911
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
–iNet: www.fishbase.org - Lahti, S., Malmström, K. K., Koli, L., Leikola, A., Syrjämäki, J. & Lahti, J., 1980: Zoo, Suuri Eläinkirja 5: Kalat, sammakkoeläimet, matelijat.
–Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo-Helsinki-Juva, 1980.
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–Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1968 - Murray, A. M., 2003: A new characiform fish (Teleostei: Ostariophysi) from the Eocene of Tanzania.
–Canadian Journal of Earth Sciencies: Vol. 40, pp. 473-481 - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600 - Stewart, K. M., 1997: A new species of Sindacharax (Teleostei: Characidae) from Lothagam, Kenya, and some implications for the genus.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 17, #1, pp. 34-38 - Varjo, M., 2001: Akvaario-opas. [in Finnish]
–AquaGeo & Gummerus Kirjapaino Oy, Jyväskylä, 2001, 1-143