Alestes dentex

Alestes dentex

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Characiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Alestidae
Genus: Alestes
Species: Alestes dentex

Name

• Alestes dentex (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Type locality: Nile River
  • Holotype (unique): NRM 49
  • Original combination: Cyprinus dentex

Synonyms

• Alestes dentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Alestes dentex sethente Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1850
• Alestes hasselquisti (misspelling) (Cuvier, 1818)
• Alestes sethente Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1850
• Characinus niloticus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809
• Myletes dentex (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Myletes hasselquistii Cuvier, 1818
• Salmo dentex Hasselquist, 1762
• Salmo niloticus Linnaeus, 1758
• Squalus kelbelbahr Forsskål, 1775

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 325. Reference page. 

Links

• Alestes dentex – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Alestes dentex in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Alestes dentex in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

English: Characin