Yellow-tailed African tetra

Yellow-tailed African tetra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Alestidae
Genus: Alestopetersius
Species:
A. caudalis
Binomial name
Alestopetersius caudalis
Boulenger, 1899
Synonyms
  • Petersius caudalis Boulenger, 1899
  • Phenacogrammus caudalis (Boulenger 1899)
  • Petersius brumpti Pellegrin, 1906
  • Petersius xenurus Boulenger, 1920
  • Micralestes grandi Fowler, 1936

The yellow-tailed African tetra (Alestopetersius caudalis) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the African tetra family Alestidae. This species is found in the Congo River basin, in both the DRC and the Republic of the Congo (via an unsubstantiated report).