African tetras (Alestidae)

The African tetras (Alestidae) family has 30 species in the Guppies.za.net fish encyclopedia, 12 of which are kept in home aquariums.

Species in this family

• Congo tetraPhenacogrammus interruptus
• Jellybean tetraLepidarchus adonis
• Niger tetraArnoldichthys spilopterus
• Sierra leone dwarf characinLadigesia roloffi
• African moon tetraBathyaethiops caudomaculatus
• Barnard's robberHemigrammopetersius barnardi
• Longfin tetraBrycinus longipinnis
• Nurse tetraBrycinus nurse
• Sharptooth tetraMicralestes acutidens
• Slender robberRhabdalestes rhodesiensis
• Spot-tailBrycinus imberi
• Yellowtail tetraAlestopetersius caudalis
• CharacinAlestes dentex
• Dwarf Lake Turkana robberBrycinus minutus
• Elongate tigerfishHydrocynus forskahlii
• Elongated Turkana robberMicralestes elongatus
• Giant tigerfishHydrocynus goliath
• Large-toothed Lake Turkana robberBrycinus ferox
• Okavango robberRhabdalestes maunensis
• Pangani robberRhabdalestes tangensis
• Pinkfin AlestesBrycinus grandisquamis
• Redfin robberBrycinus affinis
• Sadler's robberBrycinus sadleri
• SilversidesAlestes baremoze
• Stripped robberBrycinus lateralis
• Tiger fishHydrocynus vittatus
• Tiger-fishHydrocynus brevis
• Torpedo robberAlestes macrophthalmus
• True big-scale tetraBrycinus macrolepidotus
• Victoria robberBrycinus jacksonii