60 of 120 species (50%) have genetic data.

Species

Largest genera

Sampled species out of the total in each genus:

  • Brycinus 15/35
  • Micralestes 6/17
  • Phenacogrammus 8/14
  • Alestopetersius 5/10
  • Rhabdalestes 2/8

All species

Species with genetic data are in bold.

Species list
  • Alestes baremoze
  • Alestes dentex
  • Alestes inferus
  • Alestes liebrechtsii
  • Alestes macrophthalmus
  • Alestopetersius bifasciatus
  • Alestopetersius caudalis
  • Alestopetersius conspectus
  • Alestopetersius hilgendorfi
  • Alestopetersius tumbensis
  • Arnoldichthys spilopterus
  • Bathyaethiops breuseghemi
  • Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus
  • Bathyaethiops greeni
  • Brachypetersius huloti
  • Brachypetersius notospilus
  • Brycinus affinis
  • Brycinus bimaculatus
  • Brycinus carolinae
  • Brycinus comptus
  • Brycinus fwaensis
  • Brycinus grandisquamis
  • Brycinus imberi
  • Brycinus kingsleyae
  • Brycinus lateralis
  • Brycinus longipinnis
  • Brycinus macrolepidotus
  • Brycinus nurse
  • Brycinus opisthotaenia
  • Brycinus poptae
  • Brycinus schoutedeni
  • Bryconaethiops boulengeri
  • Bryconaethiops macrops
  • Bryconaethiops microstoma
  • Clupeocharax schoutedeni
  • Hemigrammopetersius barnardi
  • Hydrocynus brevis
  • Hydrocynus forskahlii
  • Hydrocynus goliath
  • Hydrocynus tanzaniae
  • Hydrocynus vittatus
  • Ladigesia roloffi
  • Micralestes acutidens
  • Micralestes humilis
  • Micralestes lualabae
  • Micralestes occidentalis
  • Micralestes pabrensis
  • Micralestes stormsi
  • Nannopetersius lamberti
  • Nannopetersius mutambuei
  • Phenacogrammus altus
  • Phenacogrammus ansorgii
  • Phenacogrammus aurantiacus
  • Phenacogrammus compressus
  • Phenacogrammus interruptus
  • Phenacogrammus nigropterus
  • Phenacogrammus polli
  • Phenacogrammus taeniatus
  • Rhabdalestes maunensis
  • Rhabdalestes septentrionalis
  • Alestes ansorgii
  • Alestes stuhlmannii
  • Alestopetersius brichardi
  • Alestopetersius compressus
  • Alestopetersius leopoldianus
  • Alestopetersius nigropterus
  • Alestopetersius smykalai
  • Bathyaethiops atercrinis
  • Brachypetersius cadwaladeri
  • Brachypetersius pseudonummifer
  • Brycinus abeli
  • Brycinus bartoni
  • Brycinus batesii
  • Brycinus brevis
  • Brycinus carmesinus
  • Brycinus derhami
  • Brycinus ferox
  • Brycinus humilis
  • Brycinus intermedius
  • Brycinus jacksonii
  • Brycinus leuciscus
  • Brycinus luteus
  • Brycinus minutus
  • Brycinus nigricauda
  • Brycinus peringueyi
  • Brycinus rhodopleura
  • Brycinus sadleri
  • Brycinus taeniurus
  • Brycinus tessmanni
  • Brycinus tholloni
  • Bryconaethiops quinquesquamae
  • Bryconaethiops yseuxi
  • Hemigrammopetersius pulcher
  • Hydrocynus somonorum
  • Lepidarchus adonis
  • Micralestes ambiguus
  • Micralestes argyrotaenia
  • Micralestes comoensis
  • Micralestes congicus
  • Micralestes eburneensis
  • Micralestes elongatus
  • Micralestes fodori
  • Micralestes holargyreus
  • Micralestes sardina
  • Micralestes schelly
  • Micralestes vittatus
  • Petersius conserialis
  • Phenacogrammus bleheri
  • Phenacogrammus deheyni
  • Phenacogrammus gabonensis
  • Phenacogrammus major
  • Phenacogrammus stigmatura
  • Phenacogrammus urotaenia
  • Rhabdalestes aeratis
  • Rhabdalestes brevidorsalis
  • Rhabdalestes leleupi
  • Rhabdalestes rhodesiensis
  • Rhabdalestes tangensis
  • Rhabdalestes yokai
  • Tricuspidalestes caeruleus

Gene coverage

Share of the 60 sampled species with data for each gene
GeneSpecies with data% of sampled species
myh65388%
coi5185%
cytb5083%
sh3px34473%
16s3152%
rag22745%
12s1220%
rag135%
rhodopsin23%
nd212%
4c400%
enc100%
ficd00%
glyt00%
hoxc6a00%
kiaa123900%
nd400%
panx200%
plagl200%
ptr00%
ripk400%
sidkey00%
sreb200%
svep100%
tbr100%
vcpip00%
zic100%

Fossil calibrations

No internal fossil calibrations are available for this group.

Downloads

These data are released under the CC0 1.0 public domain dedication; please cite us if you use them (License).

Download Alestidae data (JSON format)

Species list for Alestidae (CSV format)

Phylogenies

There were 1 species that caused Alestidae to be inferred as paraphyletic.

Time-calibrated phylogeny of only species in Alestidae

Time-calibrated phylogeny of "Alestidae"

Phylogram of only species in Alestidae

Phylogram of "Alestidae"

Sequence data

Phylip sequences for Alestidae

RAxML-style partitions file

Nexus file for Alestidae (includes character partitions and phylogeny)