Taxonomy Profile: Alestiidae

Alestiidae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Alestidae
Alestiinae
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Alestiidae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Actinopterygii
ray-finned fishes |
spiny rayed fishes |
poisson épineux |
poissons à nageoires rayonnées |
Class : Teleostei
Superorder : Ostariophysi
Order : Characiformes
leporins |
piranhas |
piranhas |
Family : Alestiidae
Alestiidae Direct Children(s):
Alestes
(Müller and Troschel 1844)
Arnoldichthys
(Myers 1926)
Brycinus
(Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes 1850)
Hemigrammopetersius
(Pellegrin 1926)
Lepidarchus
(Roberts 1966)
Ladigesia
(Géry 1968)
Micralestes
(Boulenger 1899)
Phenacogrammus
(Eigenmann in Eigenmann and Ogle 1907)
Alestopetersius
(Hoedeman 1951)
Hydrocynus
(Cuvier 1816)
Rhabdalestes
(Hoedeman 1951)
Bathyaethiops
(Fowler 1949)
Brachypetersius
(Hoedeman 1956)
Bryconaethiops
(Günther 1873)
Clupeocharax
(Pellegrin 1926)
Duboisialestes
(Poll 1967)
Nannopetersius
(Hoedeman 1956)
Petersius
(Hilgendorf 1894)
Tricuspidalestes
(Poll 1967)
Alestiidae: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004
Acquired:
2004-05-13
Notes:
http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
Reference for:
Alestiidae
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Nelson, Joseph S.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1994-01-01 / 1994-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Fishes of the World, Third Edition
Page(s):
xvii + 600
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons
Publication Place:
New York, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-471-54713-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Alestiidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Murray, Alison M., and Kathlyn M. Stewart
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2002-11-01 / 2003-01-14
Article/Chapter Title:
Phylogenetic relationships of the African genera Alestes and Brycinus (Teleostei, Characiformes, Alestidae)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Canadian Journal of Zoology, vol. 80, no. 11
Page(s):
1887-1899
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0008-4301
Notes:
Reference for:
Alestiidae
Alestiidae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Alestiidae: Comments
Comment:
Nelson (1994), who treated this taxon as a tentative subfamily of the Characidae, used the spelling -iinae, whereas Murray & Stewart (2003) used -idae. Eschmeyer's current online Catalog of Fishes (2004) uses the spelling Alestiidae