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genus

Brycinus Valenciennes, 1850

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes »  order Characiformes »  family Alestidae - African tetras

Scientific synonyms

Brachyalestes Günther, 1864

Included taxa

Number of records: 29

species Brycinus abeli (Fowler, 1936)
species Brycinus affinis (Günther, 1894) - Redfin Robber

Brycinus affinis

species Brycinus bahrsarae Fowler, 1949
species Brycinus bimaculatus (Boulenger, 1899)
species Brycinus brevis (Boulenger, 1903) - Characin
species Brycinus carmesinus (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)
species Brycinus carolinae (Paugy & Lévêque, 1981)
species Brycinus comptus (Roberts & Stewart, 1976)
species Brycinus epuluensis Decru, Vreven, Sadio & Snoeks, 2016
species Brycinus ferox (Hopson & Hopson, 1982) - Large-toothed Lake Turkana robber
species Brycinus fwaensis Géry, 1995
species Brycinus grandisquamis (Boulenger, 1899) - Pinkfin Alestes

Brycinus grandisquamis

species Brycinus humilis (Boulenger, 1905)
species Brycinus jacksonii (Boulenger, 1912) - Victoria Robber
species Brycinus kingsleyae (Günther, 1896)
species Brycinus lateralis (Boulenger, 1900) - Stripped robber
species Brycinus leuciscus (Günther, 1867)
species Brycinus luteus (Roman, 1966)
species Brycinus macrolepidotus Valenciennes, 1850 - True Big-scale Tetra

Brycinus macrolepidotus

species Brycinus minutus (Hopson & Hopson, 1982) - Dwarf Lake Turkana robber
species Brycinus nigricauda (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1974)
species Brycinus opisthotaenia (Boulenger, 1903)
species Brycinus peringueyi (Boulenger, 1923)
species Brycinus poptae (Pellegrin, 1906)
species Brycinus rhodopleura (Boulenger, 1906)
species Brycinus sadleri (Boulenger, 1906) - Sadler's robber
species Brycinus schoutedeni (Boulenger, 1912)
species Brycinus taeniurus (Günther, 1867)
species Brycinus tessmanni (Pappenheim, 1911)

Links and literature

CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [genus/5047]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2001-2025): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Brycinus Valenciennes, 1850]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010
EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1347316]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Brycinus Valenciennes, 1850]
Data retrieved on: 6 January 2020

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