Alestion
| Alestion | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Alestidae |
| Genus: | Alestion Roberts, 2019[1] |
| Species: | A. rapax
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| Binomial name | |
| Alestion rapax Roberts, 2019[1]
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Alestion is monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Alestidae, the African tetras. The only species in the genus is Alestion rapax. This fish is known only from the Kwilu River in the lower drainage basin of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Alestidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Alestion rapax". FishBase. February 2025 version.