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View Mode View All Pictures Species Micralestes acutidens (Peters 1852)    Micralestes acutidens was originally described as Alestes acutidens by Peters in 1852. It belongs to the family Alestidae. It is commonly known as Sharptooth tetra but has many other common names such as in USA (contiguous states) as Sharptooth tetra, in South Africa as Silwer-rower, in Finland as Pikkukongontetra, in Poland as Swiecik ostrozebny, in Sierra Leone as Kaar, in Sierra Leone as Keria. more common names It is found in Fresh water and its distribution is Central and southeastern Africa.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   acutidens AuthorWI   Peters [W. C. H.] AuthorNI   Peters Qualification   --- Year   1852 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Characiformes Characiformes Family   Alestidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Micralestes Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Characiformes Family   Alestidae Genus   Micralestes Original Name   Alestes         Taxon Name   acutidens Original Combination   Alestes acutidens Original Genus   Alestes Original Genus Species   Alestes acutidens OriginalSubGenus   Alestes Original Author   Peters Original AuthorWI   Peters [W. C. H.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1852 Original Family   Alestidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Zambezi River, Mozambique. Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Zarske 2011:57 [ref. 31375]. Primary Code   --- Page   276 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Micralestes acutidens Current Species   acutidens Current Genus   Micralestes Current AuthorWI   Peters [W. C. H.] Current AuthorNI   Peters Current Year   1852 Current Family   Alestidae Current Subfamily   --- --- Habitat   pelagic         Water   Fresh water     Distribution   Central and southeastern Africa. Current Summary   Valid as Micralestes acutidens  (Peters 1852). Alestidae.   Name History   • Valid as Micralestes acutidens  (Peters 1852) -- (Paugy 1984:174 [ref. 6183], Lévêque et al. 1989:116 [ref. 26480], Skelton 1993:203 [ref. 24071], Skelton 2001:203 [ref. 27406], Stiassny & Mamonekene 2007:25 [ref. 29301], Paugy & Schaefer 2007:387 [ref. 30022], Zarske 2011:57 [ref. 31375], Marshall 2011:135 [ref. 31755], Kullander & Roberts 2012:361, 368 [ref. 31751]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy First Publication  First Publication Collections   Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations   Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 2 (47 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   acutidens elongatus Micralestes acutidens elongatus Daget [J.] 1957 Valid acutidens holargyreus Micralestes acutidens holargyreus Günther [A.] 1873 Valid acutidens humilis Micralestes acutidens humilis Boulenger [G. A.] 1899 Synonym acutidens neglectus Micralestes acutidens neglectus Boulenger [G. A.] 1920 Synonym acutidens occidentalis Micralestes acutidens occidentalis Günther [A.] 1899 Valid altus Micralestes altus Boulenger [G. A.] 1899 Synonym ambiguus Micralestes ambiguus Géry [J.] 1995 Valid ansorgii Micralestes ansorgii (Boulenger [G. A.] 1910) Synonym argyrotaenia Micralestes argyrotaenia Trewavas [E.] 1936 Valid breuseghemi Micralestes breuseghemi Poll [M.] 1945 Synonym brevianalis Micralestes brevianalis Blache [J.] & Miton [F.] 1960 Synonym brevipinnis Micralestes brevipinnis (Perugia [A.] 1892) Synonym caudomaculatus Micralestes caudomaculatus Pellegrin [J.] 1925 Synonym comoensis Micralestes comoensis Poll [M.] & Roman [B.] 1967 Valid congicus Micralestes congicus Poll [M.] 1967 Valid eburneensis Micralestes eburneensis Daget [J.] 1965 Valid elongatus Micralestes elongatus Daget [J.] 1957 Valid fodori Micralestes fodori Matthes [H.] 1965 Valid grandi Micralestes grandi Fowler [H. W.] 1936 Synonym hilgendorfi Micralestes hilgendorfi (Boulenger [G. A.] 1899) Synonym holargyreus Micralestes holargyreus (Günther [A.] 1873) Valid huloti Micralestes huloti Poll [M.] 1954 Synonym humilis Micralestes humilis Boulenger [G. A.] 1899 Valid interruptus Micralestes interruptus Boulenger [G. A.] 1899 Synonym lerneri Micralestes lerneri Nichols [J. T.] & La Monte [F. R.] 1938 Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 2 (47 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…