Alestidae Cockerell, 1910

kingdom Animalia > phylum Chordata > subphylum Vertebrata > infraphylum Gnathostomata > superclass Actinopteri > class Teleostei > order Characiformes > family Alestidae

RankFamily
Statusaccepted
Aphia IDurn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267003
NCBI ID61319
Common names African tetras
Environments marine, brackish, freshwater, terrestrial

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Child taxa

Genus Alestobrycon unaccepted
Genus Alestion
Genus Hemigrammalestes unaccepted
Genus Clupeopetersius unaccepted
Genus Hemmigrammopetersius misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Genus Rabdalestes misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Genus Hydocynus misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Genus Hydrocinus misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Genus Hydrocion unjustified emendation
Genus Brachyalestes unaccepted
Genus Brycinus
Genus Duboisialestes
Genus Alestopetersius
Genus Arnoldichthys
Genus Alestes
Genus Bathyaethiops
Genus Brachypetersius
Genus Clupeocharax
Genus Bryconaethiops
Genus Hydrocynus
Genus Hemigrammopetersius
Genus Lepidarchus
Genus Ladigesia
Genus Nannopetersius
Genus Micralestes
Genus Phenacogrammus
Genus Petersius
Genus Tricuspidalestes
Genus Rhabdalestes
Genus Virilia
Genus Bryconalestes

Statistics

Occurrence records 350
Species level 333
Absence records 1
Species 1
Taxa 2
Datasets 9
Time range 1927 - 2014

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 9,198
Not marine 9,147
Marine unsure 0
No coordinates 1,456
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 0
No accepted name available 0

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 9,307 0
decimalLatitude 1,456 0
decimalLongitude 1,456 0
eventDate 834 0
maximumDepthInMeters 9,384 0
minimumDepthInMeters 9,420 0
occurrenceStatus 7,335 0
scientificNameID 7,167 0

Spatial issues

Records on land 8,070
More than 20 km from shore 7,768
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 229

Distribution

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