Alestes dentex (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Alestes dentex (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cyprinus dentex Linnaeus, 1758:325 . Type locality: Nilo [Nile]. Holotype: NRM 49 . [see Fernholm, Wheeler (1983):214].

Salmo niloticus Linnaeus, 1758:312 . Type locality: Nilo [Nile]. No types known.

Characinus niloticus Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809: 50 , Pl. 4 (fig. 2). Type locality: Nil [Nile]. No types known.

Myletes hasselquistii Cuvier, 1818:449 , Pl. 21 (fig. 2). Type locality: Nil [Nile]. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-6301 (1); MNHN A-9713 (5); MNHN A-9714 (1); MNHN A-9715 (1).

Alestes sethente Valenciennes , in Cuvier, Valenciennes, 1850:190. Type locality: Sénégal. Syntypes: MNHN A-9716 (5). According to Paugy (2003) two subspecies of Alestes dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) are generally recognised on the basis of differences in meristic characters: A. dentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Nile and A. dentex sethente ( Valenciennes, 1850) from the Sudanese basins in West Africa.

Distribution: 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 516, 520, 522, 523, 525, 530 (Paugy, 1986; Paugy, 2003; Getahun, 2007; Seegers et al., 2003).

Remarks: Valenciennes, 1850 acted as first reviser in giving precedence of Cyprinus dentex Linnaeus over Salmo niloticus Linnaeus (ICZN Opinion 1813, 1995). Salmo dentex Hasselquist, 1762 is an unavailable name.