Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Brycinus imberi (Peters, 1852) (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Alestes bequaerti Boulenger, 1920 (synonym)

Alestes curtus Boulenger, 1920 (synonym)

Alestes fuchsii Boulenger, 1899 (synonym)

Alestes fuchsii subsp. taeniata Pellegrin, 1903 (synonym)

Alestes humilis (non Boulenger, 1905) (misapplied name)

Alestes imberi Peters, 1852 (synonym)

Alestes lemairii Boulenger, 1899 (synonym)

Brachyalestes imberi (Peters, 1852) (synonym)

Brachyalestes imberi subsp. affinis (non Günther, 1894) (misapplied name)

Brachyalestes imberi subsp. curtis (Boulenger, 1920) (synonym)

Brachyalestes imberi imberi (Peters, 1852) (synonym)

Brachyalestes imberi subsp. kingsleyi (non Günther, 1896) (misapplied name)

Myletes imberi (Peters, 1852) (synonym)

Common names:

Bembe Swahili

Beme Swahili

Characin English

Dabé Wolof

Dzogla Ewe

Dzogla dzevui Ewe

Imberi Afrikaans, English

Imene Bemba

Insaku Bemba

Lyhtyalesti Finnish

Mansali Swahili

Mberi Nyanja

Ngalala Swahili

Nkhalala Nyanja

Nsaku Bemba

Nsakwila Bemba

Punaevätetra Finnish

Roter Kongosalmler German

Sandowe Swahili

Silversides English

Spot-tail English

Spot-tail robber English

Spot-tailed robber English

Tewe kpiti Ga

Tewe-kpiti Adangme

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 Brycinus

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Distribution:

Zimbabwe; Zambia; Zambezi; Zaïre; Togo; Tanzania, United Rep. of; Tano; Swaziland; South Africa; Shire; Sassandra River; Sanaga; Pra River; Nipoué; Mozambique; Mono River; Malawi; Limpopo; Liberia; Lake Tanganyika; Lake Rukwa Basin; Lake Malawi; Kenya; Kariba; Ghana; Gabon; Ethiopian; Ébrié Lagoon; Côte d'Ivoire; Congo, Republic of; Congo, Dem. Rep. of the; Comoé River; Cavally River; Cameroon; Bia River; Bandama River; Athi-Galana-Sabaki River Drainage System; Angola; Agnébi; Africa-Inland Waters; Africa: Mono River in Togo to Nipoué River in Liberia; lower Zambezi, Wami River in Tanzania to Pongolo River in South Africa; Lakes Malawi, Rukwa, Rufiji and Ruvuma; Congo basin; on the western coast in the Quanza and the Nyanga, Tanganyika tributaries,

Additional data:

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Data last modified by FishBase 28-Aug-1994

Online resource:

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


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:40340756-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009


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