Alestidae

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African tetras (family Alestidae, formerly spelled Alestiidae) are a group of characiform fish exclusively found in Africa. This family contains about 18 genera and 119 species. Among the best known members are the Congo tetra, and African tigerfish.

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Hydrocynus goliath

Hydrocynus goliath, also known as the goliath tigerfish, giant tigerfish, or mbenga, is a very large African predatory freshwater fish of the family Alestidae.

Hydrocynus vittatus

Hydrocynus vittatus, the African tigerfish, tiervis or ngwesh is a predatory freshwater fish distributed throughout much of Africa. This fish is generally a piscivore but it has been observed leaping out of the water and catching barn swallows in...

Congo tetra

Phenacogrammus interruptus

The Congo tetra (Phenacogrammus interruptus) is a species of fish in the African tetra family, found in the central Congo River Basin in Africa. It is commonly kept in aquaria.

Hydrocynus forskahlii

Hydrocynus forskahlii, the elongate tigerfish, is a species of predatory characin from the family Alestidae which is found in northern and western Africa.

Hydrocynus tanzaniae

Hydrocynus tanzaniae, the blue tigerfish, is a large African predatory freshwater fish.

Brycinus longipinnis

Primarily known as long-fin tetra, Brycinus longipinnis is also called the African long-finned tetra among other common names.

Hydrocynus brevis

Hydrocynus brevis, also known as the tigerfish, Nile tigerfish or Sahelian tigerfish, is a predatory freshwater fish distributed throughout Africa.

Yellow-tailed African tetra

Alestopetersius caudalis

The yellow-tailed African tetra (Alestopetersius caudalis) is a freshwater fish that lives in the Congo River basin. It is found in both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo (via an unsubstantiated report). It is an...

Alestes baremoze

Alestes baremoze, the pebbly fish or silversides, is a species of characin fish from the freshwater systems of northern and western Africa. It has some importance as a commercially exploited food fish.

Arnoldichthys

Arnoldichthys spilopterus

Arnoldichthys spilopterus, the Niger tetra, is a characin endemic to Nigeria. It is the only member of its genus.

African moon tetra

Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus

The African moon tetra (Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus) is a species of African tetra, found in slow flowing rivers of the middle and lower course of the Congo River. The fish is often kept in aquaria but little is known about is its distribution and...