Alestes macrophthalmus Günther, 1867

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publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1590/1982-0224-2023-0086
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14420863
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scientific name	Alestes macrophthalmus Günther, 1867
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Alestes macrophthalmus Günther, 1867 View in CoL

Alestes macrophthalmus Günther, 1867:113 View in CoL [4]. Type locality: Gaboon. Holotype: BMNH 1867.5 .3.25.

Alestes (Alestiops) macrophthalmus tanganicae Hoedeman, 1951:3 View in CoL . Type locality: Africa (no specific locality). [Type locality was not specified in the original description; species was described in an identification key following the study of supplementary material of African characid fishes from the Belgian Congo]. No types known.

Distribution: 505, 518, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 539, 540, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 548 (RMCA fish collection; Poll, 1953; Gosse, 1968; Banister, Bailey, 1979; Paugy, 1986; De Vos et al., 2001; Paugy, 2003; Paugy, Schaefer, 2007; Stiassny et al., 2009; Van Steenberge et al., 2014).