Entity:

Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:	(T.D.A. Cockerell, 1910) J.S. Nelson, 2006, nom. van.
Original name	:	Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. Smiths. Misc. Coll. 56 (1), 7 May 1910: 4 (tribe "Alestini").
Subsequent rank	:	Géry, 1977: 18 ("Alestidae").
Subsequent spelling	:	Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World (ed. 4): 155.

Attributes

Unjustified emendation (nom. illeg.: nom. van.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.3]

Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006. Fishes of the World (ed. 4): 155; 21 May 2012; 19 Apr 2025. [inferred]

Type

Alestes (Genus) Müller & Troschel, 1844

Basionym	:	*Alestidi* (Tribe) Hoedeman, 1951, orth. inval.
Former rank	:	*Alestiinae* (Subfamily) Nelson, 1994, orth. inval.	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 156.
Current spelling	:	*Alestidae* (Family) Cockerell, 1910	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 196.
Former spelling	:	*Alestidae* (Family) Cockerell, 1910	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 155.

Full name

African tetras

Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2458.