Alestopetersius nigropterus

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| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Moelants, T. |date=2010 |title=Alestopetersius nigropterus |volume=2010 |page=e.T182881A7994284 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182881A7994284.en |access-date=26 March 2024}}

| taxon = Alestopetersius nigropterus

| authority = Poll, 1967

| synonyms = * Hemigrammopetersius nigropterus (Poll, 1967)

}}

Alestopetersius nigropterus is a species of African tetra fish. It is found in Lake Mai-Ndombe in the middle Congo River basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Description

Alestopetersius nigropterus reaches a standard length of {{convert|6.5|cm|in|abbr=on}}.{{FishBase |genus= Alestopetersius|species= nigropterus| month = February | year = 2015}}

References

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  • Paugy, D., 1984. Characidae. p. 140-183. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1.

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Category:Alestidae

Category:Fish of Africa

Category:Taxa named by Max Poll

Category:Fish described in 1967

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