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Alestes Müller & Troschel, 1844

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Müller, J. & F. H. Troschel. 1844. Synopsis generum et specierum familiae Characinorum. (Prodromus descriptionis novorum generum et specierum). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 10(1): 81-99 (Zu pag. 99 foldout).
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Actinopterygii
order
Characiformes
family
Alestidae
genus
Alestes

Name

Synonyms
Alestiops Hoedeman, 1951
Alestobrycon Hoedeman, 1951
Brachyalestes Günther, 1864
Miletes Heckel, 1849
Myletes Cuvier, 1814
Myteles Jarocki, 1822
Homonyms
Alestes Müller & Troschel, 1844

Bibliographic References

  1. Arch. Naturgesch., 10 (1)
  2. Eschmeyer online (Jun 2012)
  3. Eschmeyer online (Jun 2012)
  4. Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R.; van der Laan, R. (eds). (2018). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version.
  5. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  6. FishBase
  7. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1813 Alestes Miiller & Troschel, 1844 (Osteichthyes, Characiformes): conserved.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 52, 219-221 (1995)
  8. Murray, Alison M., and Kathlyn M. Stewart, 2002: Phylogenetic relationships of the African genera Alestes and Brycinus (Teleostei, Characiformes, Alestidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, vol. 80, no. 11. 1887-1899.
  9. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  10. Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006).
  11. Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006).
  12. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
  13. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
  14. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  15. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
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