African tetras (family Alestidae, formerly spelled Alestiidae) are a group of characiform fish found exclusively in Africa.

[1] This family contains about 18 genera and 119 species.

Among the best known members are the Congo tetra, and African tigerfish.

Taxonomy based on Van der Laan 2017[2] and Nelson, Grande & Wilson 2016.

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