Alestes
Encyclopedia
Alestes is a genus in the family Alestidae, known as the "Africa
n Characidae
" as they are found exclusively on that continent. Alestes is a synonym with Myletes, though this name is not longer used. Within the Lake Chad
basin, Alestes and Hydrocynus
, collectively known as salanga, are lightly smoked and dried.
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
n Characidae
Characiformes
The Characiformes are an order of ray-finned fish, comprising the characins and their allies. Grouped in 18 recognized families, there are a few thousand different species, including the well-known piranha and tetras.-Taxonomy:...
" as they are found exclusively on that continent. Alestes is a synonym with Myletes, though this name is not longer used. Within the Lake Chad
Lake Chad
Lake Chad is a historically large, shallow, endorheic lake in Africa, whose size has varied over the centuries. According to the Global Resource Information Database of the United Nations Environment Programme, it shrank as much as 95% from about 1963 to 1998; yet it also states that "the 2007 ...
basin, Alestes and Hydrocynus
Hydrocynus
Hydrocynus is a fish genus in the family Alestidae, a family from the order Characiformes, endemic to the African continent. The name is derived from the Greek hydro + kyon...
, collectively known as salanga, are lightly smoked and dried.
Species
- Alestes baremoze (Joannis, 1835) (Silversides)
- Alestes comptus T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
- Alestes dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) (Characin)
- Alestes inferus Stiassny, Schelly & Mamonekene, 2009
- Alestes liebrechtsii BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1898 - Alestes macrophthalmus Günther, 1867 (Torpedo robber)
- Alestes stuhlmanniiAlestes stuhlmanniiAlestes stuhlmannii is a species of fish in the Alestidae family. It is endemic to the Ulanga River in Tanzania.-References:* Hanssens, M & Snoeks, J. 2005. . Downloaded on 3 August 2007....
PfefferGeorg Johann PfefferGeorg Johann Pfeffer was a German zoologist, primarily a malacologist, a scientist who studied mollusks.Pfeffer was born in Berlin. In 1887 he became curator of the Natural History Museum of Hamburg , which was established in 1843 and destroyed during World War II...
, 1896