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Yellowtail tetra

Alestopetersius caudalis (Boulenger, 1899)

Status not recordedbony fish

The yellowtail tetra (Alestopetersius caudalis) is a species in the family Alestidae, order Characiformes.

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Quick facts about the yellowtail tetra

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the yellowtail tetra live?

Not recorded

Is the yellowtail tetra endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the yellowtail tetra classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCharaciformes
  5. familyAlestidae
  6. genusAlestopetersius
  7. SpeciesAlestopetersius caudalis (Boulenger, 1899)

Synonyms Alestopetersius hilgendorfi grandi, Alestopetersius leopoldianus brumpti, Alestopetersius xenurus xenurus, Hemigrammopetersius caudalis, Hemigrammopetersius xenurus, Hemmigrammopetersius brumpti, Micralestes grandi, Petersius brumpti, Petersius caudalis, Petersius xenurus, Phenacogrammus caudalis, Phenacogrammus leopoldianus brumpti, Phenacogrammus xenurus

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Yellow-tailed African characinEnglish
  • Yellow-tailed African tetraEnglish
  • afrotetra bomanskáCzech
  • Gul CongotetraDanish
  • Gelber KongosalmlerGerman
  • Swiecik zoltyPolish
  • Конголезская тетраRussian
  • Keltapyrstöalestiroot
  • Keltapyrstökongontetraroot

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the yellowtail tetra

Other species in the same genus Alestopetersius.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the yellowtail tetra?

The yellowtail tetra (Alestopetersius caudalis) belongs to the family Alestidae in the order Characiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Yellowtail tetra (Alestopetersius caudalis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellowtail-tetra

MLA

“Yellowtail tetra (Alestopetersius caudalis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellowtail-tetra.

BibTeX
@misc{yellowtail_tetra_2026,
  title = {Yellowtail tetra (Alestopetersius caudalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellowtail-tetra},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}