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ALESTES Müller, Troschel, 1844

G Boden, D Geelhand de Merxem

Myletes Cuvier, 1814:75 .

Type species: Salmo dentex Hasselquist, 1762 (= Cyprinus dentex Linnaeus, 1758 ).

Type by subsequent designation by Cuvier’s disciples in 1839, see Géry (1972a). Gender: Masculine. Additional comments: Name was suppressed in ICZN Opinion 1813, 1995 and placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic names in Zoology.

Alestes Müller, Troschel, 1844:88 . Type species: Salmo niloticus Linnaeus, 1758 . Type by subsequent designation by Jordan (1919a). Gender : Masculine.

Alestiops Fowler, 1975:73. Type species: Alestes macrophthalmus tanganicae Hoedeman, 1951 . Type by original designation. Gender: Masculine. Additional comments: Originally proposed as a subgenus of Alestes by Hoedeman (1951); it included 5 species, but no type was established (Art. 13.3).