Bathyaethiops is a genus of African tetras that are found in Cameroon, Congo and Democratic Republic of Congo.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Alestidae |
| Subfamily: | Petersiinae |
| Genus: | Bathyaethiops Fowler, 1949 |
Species edit
There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:
- Bathyaethiops atercrinis Mamonekene & Stiassny, 2012 (Black-fin moon tetra) [2]
- Bathyaethiops baka Moritz & Schliewen, 2016 (Dwarf moon tetra) [3]
- Bathyaethiops breuseghemi (Poll, 1945) (Rectangle-spot moon tetra)
- Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus (Pellegrin, 1925) (African moon tetra)
- Bathyaethiops flammeus Moritz & Schliewen, 2016 (Red-back moon tetra) [3]
- Bathyaethiops greeni Fowler, 1949 (Green's moon tetra)
References edit
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Bathyaethiops in FishBase. January 2016 version.
- ^ Mamonekene, V. & Stiassny, M.L.J. (2012): A New Bathyaethiops (Characiformes: Alestidae) from the Lékoumou River (Kouilou-Niari Basin) in the Republic of Congo; First Record of the Genus in the Lower Guinean Ichthyofaunal Province. Copeia, 2012 (3): 478-483.
- ^ a b Moritz, T. & Schliewen, U.K. (2016): Description of two new Bathyaethiops species (Teleostei: Alestidae) from the Congo Basin. Zootaxa, 4117 (4): 476–490.
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