Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Alestes baremoze (Joannis, 1835) (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Alestes baremose (Joannis, 1835) (synonym)

Alestes baremoze subsp. tchadense Blache, 1964 (synonym)

Alestes kotschyi Heckel, 1847 (synonym)

Alestes splendens Werner, 1906 (synonym)

Alestes wytsi Steindachner, 1870 (synonym)

Cyprinus dentex (non Linnaeus, 1758) (misapplied name)

Myletes baremoze Joannis, 1835 (synonym)

Myletes hasselquisti (non Cuvier, 1818) (misapplied name)

Salmo dentex (non Hasselquist, 1762) (misapplied name)

Salmo niloticus (non Hasselquist, 1762) (misapplied name)

Common names:

Hohtoalesti Finnish

Juse Other

Kawara baladi Arabic

Kaya Creole, French, Japanese, Kanuri

Kodo Other, Shilluk

Konguy Krio

Lang ager Dinka, Northeastern

Lelete Other

Mazari Hausa

Nyadiaar Dinka, Northeastern

Nyele El Molo

Oza Ijo

Péré French, Numee

Saara Soninké

Sèlinthe Wolof

Shemani Hausa

Siikatetra Finnish

Silversides English

Tewe Adangme, Ga

Vaï Fijian, Kim

Van Kim

Vore Kim

A-gbantan Krio

Alerio Dinka, Northeastern

Arefe Yoruba

Asenti Ewe

Asentiwoe Ewe

Ba-borah Krio

Basongirino Zande

Characin English

Cien Nuer

Cin Dinka, Northeastern

Delete Other

Dorobela Turkana

Egbagi Kanuri, Nupe

Egyptian robber English

Giccal Fulfulde, Pulaar

Girfiga Other

Classification:

Animalia

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Phylum Chordata

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Class Actinopterygii

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Order Characiformes

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Family Alestidae

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Genus Alestes

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Distribution:

Volta; Uganda; Sudan; Sierra Leone; Mauritania; Niger; Nigeria; Nile; Sassandra River; Senegal; Lake Turkana; Lake Chad/Chari River; Kenya; Guinea-Bissau; Ghana; Géba; Gambia; Ethiopian; Ethiopia; Egypt; Côte d'Ivoire; Corubal; Congo, Dem. Rep. of the; Comoé River; Chad; Cameroon; Burkina Faso; Benue River; Bandama River; Africa-Inland Waters; Africa: Gambia, Senegal, Niger, the coastal basins of the Côte d'Ivoire (Comoé, Bandama and Sassandra), Volta, Chad basin, Nile, Lake Albert and Lake Turkana. Three forms exists: (Alestes baremoze soudaniensis) West African inland, (Alestes b

Additional data:

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Data last modified by FishBase 05-Mar-1999

Online resource:

http://www.fishbase.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:402510db-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009


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