Myletes
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Alestes
Alestes baremoze
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Characiformes Superfamily: Alestioidea Family: Alestiidae Genus: Alestes Müller and Troschel (1846)
Species
Alestes affinis Alestes ansorgii Alestes baremoze Alestes bartoni Alestes batesii Alestes bimaculatus Alestes bouboni Alestes carmesinus Alestes comptus Alestes dentex Alestes grandisquamis Alestes humilis Alestes imbera Alestes jacksonii Alestes liebrechtsii Alestes macrophthalmus Alestes natalensis Alestes peringueyi Alestes rhodopleura Alestes schoutedeni Alestes stuhlmannii Alestes taeniurus Alestes tessmanni Alestes tholloni

Alestes is a genus in the family Alestiidae, known as the "African Characidae" as they are found exclusively on that continent. Alestes is a synonym with Myletes, though this name is not longer used.^[1] Within the Lake Chad basin, Alestes and Hydrocynus, collectively known as salanga, are lightly smoked and dried.^[2]

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