Brycinus brevis (Boulenger, 1903)

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Alestes brevis : Boulenger, 1903 g : 594 (senior synonym)Description of a new west African fish of the genus Alestes. | Boulenger, 1905 c : 41 (senior synonym)A list of freshwater fishes of Africa. | Pellegrin, 1906 b : 368 (senior synonym)Characinidés nouveaux du Congo. | Boulenger, 1909 a : 222-223, fig. 167 (senior synonym)Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). | Pellegrin, 1922 i : 635 (senior synonym)Les poissons des eaux douces de l'Afrique occidentale. | Pellegrin, 1923 b : 101 (senior synonym)Les poissons des eaux douces de l'Afrique occidentale (du Sénégal au Niger). | Trewavas & Irvine, 1947 : 234 (senior synonym)Freshwater fishes of the Gold Coast. | Daget & Iltis, 1965 : 64 (senior synonym)Poissons de Côte d'Ivoire (eaux douces et saumâtres). | Reid & Sydenham, 1979 : 47 (senior synonym)A checklist of lower Benue river fishes and an ichthyogeographical review of the Benue River (West Africa)..
Brycinus brevis : Myers, 1929 : 5Cranial differences in the African characin fishes of the genera Alestes and Brycinus, with notes on the arrangement of related genera. | Géry, 1968 d : 183Un essai de systématique quantitative : la classification des espèces du genre Alestes s. lat. (Pisces, Characoidei). | Géry, 1977 : 22Characoids of the World. | Paugy, 1986 : 236-238, fig. 53Rvision systmatique des Alestes et Brycinus africains (Pisces, Characidae). | Paugy, 1992 c : 220, fig. 20.2520. Characidae. | Paugy, 2003 d : 262-265, fig. 20.2120. Alestidae. | Zanata & Vari, 2005 : 9, 20, 21, 79, 85, 92, 104, 105, 107, 132, 136, 139, 142The family Alestidae (Ostariophysi, Characiformes): a phylogenetic analysis of a trans-Atlantic clade..

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Colour pattern : Paugy, 1986 | Paugy, 1992 | Paugy, 2003 .
Common names : African tetras (English: Cameroon); Characin, Silversides (English: Ghana); Dzogla dzevui (Ewe: Ghana); Elei (Ijo: Nigeria); Kleiner Großaugensalmler (German: Germany); Särg-kardsalmler (Estonian: Estonia); Tewe kpiti (Ga: Ghana) .
Current distribution known : Southern Ghana and southern Nigeria (Lagos and Benue basin). Also recorded in Sanaga River basin, Cameroon .
Distribution_references : Paugy, 1986 | Paugy, 1992 | Paugy, 2003 .
Food habits_references : Paugy, 1986 | Trewavas & Irvine in Irvine, 1947 .
Morphology / anatomy : Boulenger, 1909 a | Paugy, 1986 | Paugy, 1992 | Paugy, 2003 | Pellegrin, 1923 b .
Osteology : Zanata & Vari, 2005 .
Phylogeny : Zanata & Vari, 2005 .
Size : 250 mm TL (male); max weight: 300 g .
Types :
- Alestes brevis Boulenger, 1903 g: 594. Type locality: "Lagos". Holotype BMNH n° 1866.3.8: 11.