WoRMS taxon details
Brycinus nurse (Rüppell, 1832)
581695 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:581695)
accepted
Species
Alestes bouboni Roman, 1973 · unaccepted
Alestes dageti Blache & Miton, 1960 · unaccepted (synonym)
Alestes erythropterus Pellegrin, 1908 · unaccepted (synonym)
Alestes nurse (Rüppell, 1832) · unaccepted
Alestes nurse nana Pellegrin, 1935 · unaccepted
Alestes rueppellii (Günther, 1864) · unaccepted
Alestes rüppellii (Günther, 1864) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell, 1832) · unaccepted
Brachyalestes rueppellii Günther, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
Brachyalestes rüppellii Günther, 1864 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Brycinus bouboni (Roman, 1973) · unaccepted
Brycinus dageti (Blache & Miton, 1960) · unaccepted
Chalceus guile Valenciennes, 1850 · unaccepted (synonym)
Myletes nurse Rüppell, 1832 · unaccepted
(of Myletes nurse Rüppell, 1832) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1832). Fortsetzung der Beschreibung und Abbildung mehrerer neuer Fische, im Nil entdeckt. <em>Brönner, Frankfurt am Main.</em> 1-14, Pls. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.14871 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Brycinus nurse (Rüppell, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581695 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Alestes bouboni Roman, 1973) Roman, B. (1973). Une nouvelle espèce d'Alestes (Characidae) dans le fleuve Niger. <em>Notes et documents voltaïques: bulletin trimestriel d'information scientifique, Centre Voltaïque de la Recherche Scientifique.</em> 6 (3): 51-55. [details]
original description (of Alestes dageti Blache & Miton, 1960) Blache, J.; Miton, F. (1960). Poissons nouveau du bassin du Tchad et du bassin adjacent du Mayo Kebbi. (suite et fin). I. Characoidei. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2).</em> 32 (1): 100-107. [details]
original description (of Alestes erythropterus Pellegrin, 1908) Pellegrin, J. (1908). Poisson nouveau du genre Alestes. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> v. 32 (no. 5/6) [for 1907]: 139-140. [details]
original description (of Myletes nurse Rüppell, 1832) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1832). Fortsetzung der Beschreibung und Abbildung mehrerer neuer Fische, im Nil entdeckt. <em>Brönner, Frankfurt am Main.</em> 1-14, Pls. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.14871 [details]
original description (of Brachyalestes rueppellii Günther, 1864) Günther, A. (1864). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455. [details]
original description (of Chalceus guile Valenciennes, 1850) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes. A. (1850). Histoire naturelle des poissons, Tome vingt-deuxième. Suite de la famille des Salmonoïdes. <em>Table générale de l'Histoire Naturelle des Poissons.</em> (pp. 1-91). v. 22: i-xx + 1 p. + 1-532 + 1-91, Pls. 634-650. [Valenciennes authored volume. Published as "1849". i-xvi + 1-395, index 1-81 (+ 1) in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Alestes dageti Blache & Miton, 1960) Blache, J.; Miton, F. (1960). Poissons nouveau du bassin du Tchad et du bassin adjacent du Mayo Kebbi. (suite et fin). I. Characoidei. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2).</em> 32 (1): 100-107. [details]
original description (of Alestes erythropterus Pellegrin, 1908) Pellegrin, J. (1908). Poisson nouveau du genre Alestes. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> v. 32 (no. 5/6) [for 1907]: 139-140. [details]
original description (of Myletes nurse Rüppell, 1832) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1832). Fortsetzung der Beschreibung und Abbildung mehrerer neuer Fische, im Nil entdeckt. <em>Brönner, Frankfurt am Main.</em> 1-14, Pls. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.14871 [details]
original description (of Brachyalestes rueppellii Günther, 1864) Günther, A. (1864). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455. [details]
original description (of Chalceus guile Valenciennes, 1850) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes. A. (1850). Histoire naturelle des poissons, Tome vingt-deuxième. Suite de la famille des Salmonoïdes. <em>Table générale de l'Histoire Naturelle des Poissons.</em> (pp. 1-91). v. 22: i-xx + 1 p. + 1-532 + 1-91, Pls. 634-650. [Valenciennes authored volume. Published as "1849". i-xvi + 1-395, index 1-81 (+ 1) in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brycinus nurse)
To FishBase (from synonym Alestes dageti Blache & Miton, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Alestes erythropterus Pellegrin, 1908)
To FishBase (from synonym Brachyalestes rueppellii Günther, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Chalceus guile Valenciennes, 1850)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 25 proteins) (from synonym Myletes nurse Rüppell, 1832)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 25 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered) (from synonym Alestes bouboni Roman, 1973)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell, 1832))
To NHMUK collection (Alestes rueppellii (Günther, 1864); SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2594438) (from synonym Alestes rueppellii (Günther, 1864))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brycinus nurse)
To FishBase (from synonym Alestes dageti Blache & Miton, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Alestes erythropterus Pellegrin, 1908)
To FishBase (from synonym Brachyalestes rueppellii Günther, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Chalceus guile Valenciennes, 1850)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 25 proteins) (from synonym Myletes nurse Rüppell, 1832)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 25 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered) (from synonym Alestes bouboni Roman, 1973)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Brachyalestes nurse (Rüppell, 1832))
To NHMUK collection (Alestes rueppellii (Günther, 1864); SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2594438) (from synonym Alestes rueppellii (Günther, 1864))
To ITIS
