Kinds of Fish

Species listed are from www.fishbase.org

Scientific name -- Other names
Alestiidae -- African Tetras
   Alestes affinis Gunther, 1894 -- Redfin Robber
   Alestes ansorgii Boulenger, 1910
   Alestes baremoze (Joannis, 1835) -- Silversides
   Alestes bartoni Nichols and La Monte, 1953
   Alestes batesii Boulenger, 1903
   Alestes bimaculatus Boulenger, 1899
   Alestes bouboni Roman, 1973
   Alestes carmesinus Nichols and Griscom, 1917
   Alestes comptus Roberts and Stewart, 1976
   Alestes dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Characin
   Alestes grandisquamis Boulenger, 1899 -- Pinkfin Alestes
   Alestes humilis Boulenger, 1905
   Alestes jacksonii Boulenger, 1912
   Alestes liebrechtsii Boulenger, 1898
   Alestes macrophthalmus Gunther, 1867 -- Torpedo Robber
   Alestes peringueyi Boulenger, 1923
   Alestes rhodopleura Boulenger, 1906
   Alestes schoutedeni Boulenger, 1912
   Alestes stuhlmannii Pfeffer, 1896
   Alestes taeniurus Gunther, 1867
   Alestes tessmanni Pappenheim, 1911
   Alestes tholloni Pellegrin, 1901
   Alestopetersius brichardi Poll, 1967
   Alestopetersius caudalis (Boulenger, 1899) -- Yellowtail Tetra
   Alestopetersius compressus (Poll and Gosse, 1963)
   Alestopetersius hilgendorfi (Boulenger, 1899)
   Alestopetersius leopoldianus (Boulenger, 1899)
   Alestopetersius nigropterus Poll, 1967
   Alestopetersius smykalai Poll, 1967
   Arnoldichthys spilopterus (Boulenger, 1909) -- Niger Tetra
   Bathyaethiops breuseghemi (Poll, 1945)
   Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus (Pellegrin, 1925) -- African Moon Tetra
   Bathyaethiops greeni Fowler, 1949
   Brachypetersius cadwaladeri (Fowler, 1930)
   Brachypetersius huloti (Poll, 1954)
   Brachypetersius notospilus (Pellegrin, 1930)
   Brachypetersius pseudonummifer Poll, 1967
   Brycinus abeli (Fowler, 1936)
   Brycinus brevis (Boulenger, 1903)
   Brycinus carolinae (Paugy and Lévêque, 1981)
   Brycinus derhami Géry and Mahnert, 1977
   Brycinus fwaensis Géry, 1995
   Brycinus imberi (Peters, 1852) -- Spot-tail
   Brycinus intermedius (Boulenger, 1903)
   Brycinus kingsleyae (Gunther, 1896)
   Brycinus lateralis (Boulenger, 1900) -- Striped Robber
   Brycinus leuciscus (Gunther, 1867)
   Brycinus longipinnis (Gunther, 1864) -- Longfin Tetra
   Brycinus luteus (Roman, 1966)
   Brycinus macrolepidotus Valenciennes, 1850 -- True Big-scale Tetra
   Brycinus nigricauda (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1974)
   Brycinus nurse (Rüppell, 1832) -- Nurse Tetra
   Brycinus opisthotaenia (Boulenger, 1903)
   Brycinus poptae (Pellegrin, 1906)
   Brycinus sadleri (Boulenger, 1906) -- Sadlers Robber
   Bryconaethiops boulengeri Pellegrin, 1900
   Bryconaethiops macrops Boulenger, 1920
   Bryconaethiops microstoma Gunther, 1873
   Bryconaethiops quinquesquamae Teugels and Thys van den Audenaerde, 1990
   Clupeocharax schoutedeni Pellegrin, 1926
   Duboisialestes bifasciatus Poll, 1967
   Duboisialestes tumbensis (Hoedeman, 1951)
   Hemigrammopetersius barnardi (Herre, 1936) -- Barnards Robber
   Hemigrammopetersius pulcher (Boulenger, 1909)
   Hydrocynus brevis (Gunther, 1864) -- Tiger-fish
   Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier, 1819)
   Hydrocynus goliath (Boulenger, 1898) -- Giant Tigerfish
   Hydrocynus somonorum (Daget, 1954)
   Hydrocynus tanzaniae Brewster, 1986
   Hydrocynus vittatus (Castelnau, 1861) -- Tiger Fish
   Ladigesia roloffi Géry, 1968 -- Jelly Bean Tetra
   Lepidarchus adonis Roberts, 1966 -- Jellybean Tetra
   Micralestes acutidens (Peters, 1852) -- Sharptooth Tetra
   Micralestes ambiguus Géry, 1995
   Micralestes argyrotaenia Trewavas, 1936
   Micralestes comoensis Poll and Roman, 1967
   Micralestes congicus Poll, 1967
   Micralestes eburneensis Daget, 1965
   Micralestes elongatus Daget, 1957
   Micralestes fodori Matthes, 1965
   Micralestes holargyreus (Gunther, 1873)
   Micralestes humilis Boulenger, 1899
   Micralestes lualabae Poll, 1967
   Micralestes occidentalis (Gunther, 1899)
   Micralestes pabrensis (Roman, 1966)
   Micralestes sardina Poll, 1938
   Micralestes stormsi Boulenger, 1902
   Micralestes vittatus (Boulenger, 1917)
   Nannopetersius lamberti Poll, 1967
   Petersius conserialis Hilgendorf, 1894
   Phenacogrammus altus (Boulenger, 1899)
   Phenacogrammus ansorgii (Boulenger, 1910)
   Phenacogrammus aurantiacus (Pellegrin, 1930)
   Phenacogrammus bleheri Géry, 1995
   Phenacogrammus deheyni Poll, 1945
   Phenacogrammus gabonensis (Poll, 1967)
   Phenacogrammus interruptus (Boulenger, 1899) -- Congo Tetra
   Phenacogrammus major (Boulenger, 1903)
   Phenacogrammus polli Lambert, 1961
   Phenacogrammus stigmatura (Fowler, 1936)
   Phenacogrammus taeniatus Géry, 1996
   Phenacogrammus urotaenia (Boulenger, 1909)
   Rhabdalestes brevidorsalis (Pellegrin, 1921)
   Rhabdalestes leleupi Poll, 1967
   Rhabdalestes maunensis (Fowler, 1935) -- Okavango Robber
   Rhabdalestes rhodesiensis (Ricardo-Bertram, 1943) -- Slender Robber
   Rhabdalestes septentrionalis (Boulenger, 1911)
   Rhabdalestes tangensis (Lönnberg, 1907)
   Tricuspidalestes caeruleus (Matthes, 1964)

Updated: 2015-05-06 21:40:39

Discover Life | All Living Things | Vertebrata | Fish | Kinds