''Bathyaethiops'' is a
genus
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of
African tetra
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s that are found in
Cameroon
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,
Congo and
Democratic Republic of Congo
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.
Species
There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Bathyaethiops atercrinis''
Mamonekene & Stiassny, 2012 (Black-fin moon tetra)
[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.'']
* ''
Bathyaethiops baka''
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& Schliewen, 2016 (Dwarf moon tetra)
[Moritz, T. & Schliewen, U.K. (2016): Description of two new ''Bathyaethiops'' species (Teleostei: Alestidae) from the ]Congo Basin
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. ''Zootaxa, 4117 (4): 476–490.''
* ''
Bathyaethiops breuseghemi''
(Poll
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, 1945) (Rectangle-spot moon tetra)
* ''
Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus''
( Pellegrin, 1925) (African moon tetra)
* ''
Bathyaethiops flammeus''
Moritz Moritz is the German equivalent of the name Maurice. It may refer to:
People Given name
* Saint Maurice, also called Saint Moritz, the leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion in the 3rd century
* Prince Moritz of Hesse (2007), the son of ...
& Schliewen, 2016 (Red-back moon tetra)
[
* '' Bathyaethiops greeni'' Fowler, 1949 (Green's moon tetra)
]
References
Alestidae
Fish of Africa
Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler
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