Brycinus

Brycinus
	Brycinus macrolepidotus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Alestidae
Genus:	Brycinus; Valenciennes, 1850
Type species
	Brycinus macrolepidotus; Valenciennes, 1850

Brycinus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Alestiidae, the African tetras. Like other "African characids", they were formerly included in the Characidae but are actually somewhat more distantly related Characiformes.^[2]

Like some other Alestiidae, they are called robber tetras due to their bold and rather carnivorous habits. They are not infrequently kept as aquarium fishes and in their requirements resemble the South American tetras of the Characidae. Unlike these, Brycinus are not well-suited to accompany delicate fishes however and are better kept with dwarf cichlids and similar small but robust companions.

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus:^[3]

Brycinus batesii (Boulenger, 1903)
Brycinus brevis (Boulenger, 1903)
Brycinus carmesinus (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)
Brycinus grandisquamis (Boulenger, 1899) (Pink-fin robber)
Brycinus intermedius (Boulenger, 1903)
Brycinus leuciscus (Günther, 1867)
Brycinus luteus (Román, 1966)
Brycinus macrolepidotus Valenciennes, 1850 (True big-scale tetra)
Brycinus poptae (Pellegrin, 1906)
Brycinus rhodopleura (Boulenger, 1906)
Brycinus schoutedeni (Boulenger, 1912)

References

^ ^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 13 June 2025.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Brycinus". FishBase. January 2016 version.
^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Brycinus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 June 2025.

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[Cof_family-1] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Alestidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 June 2025.

[FB-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Brycinus". FishBase. January 2016 version.

[Cof_genus-3] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Brycinus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 June 2025.

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