Brycinus
Brycinus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Alestiidae. Like other "African characids", they were formerly included in the Characidae but are actually somewhat more distantly related Characiformes.
Like some other Alestiidae, they are called robber tetras due to their bold and rather carnivorous habits. They are not infrequently kept as aquarium fishes and in their requirements resemble the South American tetras of the Characidae. Unlike these, Brycinus are not well-suited to accompany delicate fishes however and are better kept with dwarf cichlids and similar small but robust companions.Species
There are currently 36 recognized species in this genus:
- Brycinus abeli
- Brycinus affinis
- Brycinus bartoni
- Brycinus batesii
- Brycinus bimaculatus
- Brycinus brevis
- Brycinus carmesinus
- Brycinus carolinae
- Brycinus comptus
- Brycinus derhami Géry & Mahnert, 1977
- Brycinus epuluensis Decru, Vreven, Sadio & Snoeks, 2016
- Brycinus ferox
- Brycinus fwaensis Géry, 1995
- Brycinus grandisquamis
- Brycinus humilis
- Brycinus imberi
- Brycinus intermedius
- Brycinus jacksonii
- Brycinus kingsleyae
- Brycinus lateralis
- Brycinus leuciscus
- Brycinus longipinnis
- Brycinus luteus
- Brycinus macrolepidotus Valenciennes, 1850
- Brycinus minutus
- Brycinus nigricauda
- Brycinus nurse
- Brycinus opisthotaenia
- Brycinus peringueyi
- Brycinus poptae
- Brycinus rhodopleura
- Brycinus sadleri
- Brycinus schoutedeni
- Brycinus taeniurus
- Brycinus tessmanni
- Brycinus tholloni
