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ALESTES Müller, Troschel, 1844

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Myletes Cuvier, 1814:75 . Type species: Salmo dentex Hasselquist, 1762 (= Cyprinus dentex Linnaeus, 1758 ). Type by subsequent designation by Cuvier’s disciples in 1839, see Géry (1972a). Gender: Masculine. Additional comments: Name was suppressed in ICZN Opinion 1813, 1995 and placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic names in Zoology.

Alestes Müller, Troschel, 1844:88 . Type species: Salmo niloticus Linnaeus, 1758 . Type by subsequent designation by Jordan (1919a). Gender : Masculine.

Alestiops Fowler, 1975:73. Type species: Alestes macrophthalmus tanganicae Hoedeman, 1951 . Type by original designation. Gender: Masculine. Additional comments: Originally proposed as a subgenus of Alestes by Hoedeman (1951); it included 5 species, but no type was established (Art. 13.3).

Alestes ansorgii Boulenger, 1910

Alestes ansorgii Boulenger, 1910:542 . Type locality: Quanza River at Cunga and Dondo, and from the Lucalla River at Lucalla, Angola. Syntypes: ANSP 37964 (1) Quanza R.; BMNH 1910.11.28.60–62 (3) Lucalla River at Lucalla ; BMNH 1910.11.28.63–64 (2) Quanza River at Dondo ; BMNH 1910.11.28.65–70 (6) Quanza River at Cunga ; ZMB 18206 (3) Quanza River at Cunga. [Syntype ZMB 18206 illustrated in Zarske (2011b) (Abb. 14b and Abb. 14c)] .

Distribution: 551 (Boulenger, 1910; Stiassny et al., 2009).

Remarks: Paugy (1986) regarded Alestes ansorgii Boulenger, 1910 as a subspecies of

Alestes macrophthalmus Günther, 1867 , but this was not confirmed by Stiassny et al. (2009) and Zarske (2011b).

Alestes baremoze (Joannis, 1835)

Myletes baremoze Joannis, 1835 :no page number, Pl. 6. Type locality: Thèbes , Nil. [Nile, Egypt]. Syntypes: MNHN A-9712 (3).

Alestes kotschyi Heckel, 1847:308 , Pl. 21 (fig. 4). Type locality: Assuan, Ägypten. [ Egypt]. Syntypes: NMW 16630 (1, dry); NMW 66687 (2).

Alestes (Alestes) wytsi Steindachner, 1870:542 [10], Pl. 2 (fig. 1). Type locality: Senegal. Syntypes:? MCZ 4008 (4); NMW 76206 (2), 54790 (4), 54793 (7), 66755 to 66773 (4, 5, 8, 4, 2, 5, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 5, 2). [ MCZ 4008 (4) is considered a questionable syntype and treated as a type at MCZ. The specific locality of this type is Dagana R. at Bakel, Senegal] .

Alestes splendens Werner, 1906:1127 . Type locality: Mongalla , oberen Nil. [Nile, South Sudan]. No types known. [The original publication mentioned only one specimen from Mongalla].

Alestes baremoze tchadense Blache, 1964:74 , fig. 30. Type locality: bassin du Chad et du bassin adjacent du Mayo Kebbi. [Type locality was not detailed, but all specimens were collected from the Lake Chad basin at different locations ( Chari River delta, Fort-Lamy and the confluence of Chari and Logone Rivers) and Mayo Kebbi rapids]. Syntypes: (many). [The original description of this subspecies does not mention type specimens, but the description is based on many specimens caught in the Lake Chad basin and the Mayo Kebbi basin].

Alestes baremoze soudaniensis Paugy, 1986: 52 . Type locality: Sénégal, Gambie, Tominé, Niger , Volta et Tchad [ Senegal, Gambia, Corubal, Niger , Volta and Chad basins]. Syntypes: (many) [all specimens on which the description is based are to be considered as syntypes (collection specimens listed in material examined and those from which literature data is taken)].

Alestes baremoze eburneensis Paugy, 1986: 52 . Type locality: Côte d’Ivoire: Sassandra, Bandama et Comoé. Syntypes: 9many) [all specimens on which the description is based are to be considered as syntypes (collection specimens listed in material examined and those from which literature data is taken)].

Distribution: 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 514, 516, 520, 522, 523, 525, 530 (Paugy, 1986; Bailey, 1994; Paugy, 2003; Getahun, 2007; Seegers et al., 2003).

Alestes dentex (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cyprinus dentex Linnaeus, 1758:325 . Type locality: Nilo [Nile]. Holotype: NRM 49 . [see Fernholm, Wheeler (1983):214].

Salmo niloticus Linnaeus, 1758:312 . Type locality: Nilo [Nile]. No types known.

Characinus niloticus Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809: 50 , Pl. 4 (fig. 2). Type locality: Nil [Nile]. No types known.

Myletes hasselquistii Cuvier, 1818:449 , Pl. 21 (fig. 2). Type locality: Nil [Nile]. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-6301 (1); MNHN A-9713 (5) ; MNHN A-9714 (1); MNHN A-9715 (1).

Alestes sethente Valenciennes , in Cuvier, Valenciennes, 1850:190 . Type locality: Sénégal. Syntypes: MNHN A-9716 (5). According to Paugy (2003) two subspecies of Alestes dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) are generally recognised on the basis of differences in meristic characters: A. dentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Nile and A. dentex sethente ( Valenciennes, 1850) from the Sudanese basins in West Africa.

Distribution: 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 516, 520, 522, 523, 525, 530 (Paugy, 1986; Paugy, 2003; Getahun, 2007; Seegers et al., 2003).

Remarks: Valenciennes, 1850 acted as first reviser in giving precedence of Cyprinus dentex Linnaeus over Salmo niloticus Linnaeus (ICZN Opinion 1813, 1995). Salmo dentex Hasselquist, 1762 is an unavailable name.

Alestes inferus Stiassny, Schelly, Mamonekene, 2009

Alestes inferus Stiassny, Schelly, Mamonekene, 2009:110 , fig. 1. Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo, Bas Congo Province , Mpozo River main channel at bridge near confluence with Congo River mainstream, 5°50’5”S, 13°29’42”E. Holotype: AMNH 242136 .

Distribution: 550 (Stiassny et al., 2009).

Alestes liebrechtsii Boulenger, 1898

Alestes liebrechtsii Boulenger, 1898b:29 , Pl. 15. Type locality: Haut-Congo : Upoto, Umangi. [ Democratic Republic of the Congo]. Syntypes: BMNH 1898.11 . 17.22 (1); RMCA 140 (1) ; RMCA 168 (1) . [RMCA 122 is sometimes indicated as type, but this seems uncertain because the locality (= Leopoldville) and number of specimens do not correspond with the data in the original description].

Distribution: 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 544, 545, 546, 548, 549 (Poll, Gosse, 1963b; Matthes, 1964b; Gosse, 1968; Roberts, Stewart, 1976; Paugy, 1986; Stiassny et al., 2009; Mbimbi Mayi Munene, Stiassny, 2011).

Alestes macrophthalmus Günther, 1867

Alestes macrophthalmus Günther, 1867:113 [4]. Type locality: Gaboon. Holotype: BMNH 1867.5 .3.25.

Alestes (Alestiops) macrophthalmus tanganicae Hoedeman, 1951:3 . Type locality: Africa (no specific locality). [Type locality was not specified in the original description; species was described in an identification key following the study of supplementary material of African characid fishes from the Belgian Congo]. No types known.

Distribution: 505, 518, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 539, 540, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 548 (RMCA fish collection; Poll, 1953; Gosse, 1968; Banister, Bailey, 1979; Paugy, 1986; De Vos et al., 2001; Paugy, 2003; Paugy, Schaefer, 2007; Stiassny et al., 2009; Van Steenberge et al., 2014).

Alestes stuhlmannii Pfeffer, 1896

Alestes stuhlmannii Pfeffer, 1896:44 . Type locality: Kingani-Fluss , Deutsch-OstAfrika. [ Tanzania]. Syntypes: ZMB 13675 (2).

Alestes adolfi Steindachner, 1914b:537 . Type locality: Deutsch-Ostafrika. [ Steindachner (1916) provided a more elaborate description of the species, including details of its type locality: “ Ulanga-Flusse bei Ifakara, Deutsch-Ostafrika ”. Tanzania]. Syntypes: NMW 66697 (swimbladder); NMW 66698 (2).

Distribution: 564 (Pfeffer, 1896; Bailey, 1969; Paugy, 1986).