| Scientific Name | Author | English Name |
|---|---|---|
| Alestes ansorgii | Boulenger, 1910 | |
| Alestes baremoze | (Joannis, 1835) | Silversides |
| Alestes dentex | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Characin |
| Alestes inferus | Stiassny, Schelly & Mamonekene, 2009 | |
| Alestes liebrechtsii | Boulenger, 1898 | |
| Alestes macrophthalmus | Günther, 1867 | Torpedo robber |
| Alestes stuhlmannii | Pfeffer, 1896 | |
| Alestion rapax | Roberts, 2019 | |
| Alestopetersius bifasciatus | (Poll, 1967) | |
| Alestopetersius brichardi | Poll, 1967 | |
| Alestopetersius caudalis | (Boulenger, 1899) | Yellowtail tetra |
| Alestopetersius compressus | (Poll & Gosse, 1963) | |
| Alestopetersius conspectus | Mbimbi Mayi Munene & Stiassny, 2012 | |
| Alestopetersius hilgendorfi | (Boulenger, 1899) | |
| Alestopetersius leopoldianus | (Boulenger, 1899) | |
| Alestopetersius nigropterus | Poll, 1967 | |
| Alestopetersius smykalai | Poll, 1967 | |
| Alestopetersius tumbensis | Hoedeman, 1951 | |
| Arnoldichthys spilopterus | (Boulenger, 1909) | Niger tetra |
| Bathyaethiops atercrinis | Mamonekene & Stiassny, 2012 | Black fin moon tetra |
| Bathyaethiops baka | Moritz & Schliewen, 2016 | Dwarf moon tetra |
| Bathyaethiops breuseghemi | (Poll, 1945) | Rectangle spot moon tetra |
| Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus | (Pellegrin, 1925) | African moon tetra |
| Bathyaethiops flammeus | Moritz & Schliewen, 2016 | Red-back moon tetra |
| Bathyaethiops greeni | Fowler, 1949 | Green's moon tetra |
| Brachyalestes abeli | (Fowler, 1936) | |
| Brachyalestes affinis | (Günther, 1894) | Redfin robber |
| Brachyalestes bimaculatus | (Boulenger, 1899) | |
| Brachyalestes carolinae | (Paugy & Lévêque, 1981) | |
| Brachyalestes comptus | (Roberts & Stewart, 1976) | |
| Brachyalestes epuluensis | (Decru, Vreven, Sadio & Snoeks, 2016) | |
| Brachyalestes ferox | (Hopson & Hopson, 1982) | Large-toothed Lake Turkana robber |
| Brachyalestes fwaensis | (Géry, 1995) | |
| Brachyalestes humilis | (Boulenger, 1905) | |
| Brachyalestes imberi | (Peters, 1852) | Spot-tail |
| Brachyalestes jacksonii | (Boulenger, 1912) | Victoria robber |
| Brachyalestes kingsleyae | (Günther, 1896) | |
| Brachyalestes lateralis | (Boulenger, 1900) | Stripped robber |
| Brachyalestes minutus | (Hopson & Hopson, 1982) | Dwarf Lake Turkana robber |
| Brachyalestes nigricauda | (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1974) | |
| Brachyalestes nurse | (Rüppell, 1832) | Nurse tetra |
| Brachyalestes opisthotaenia | (Boulenger, 1903) | |
| Brachyalestes peringueyi | (Boulenger, 1923) | |
| Brachyalestes sadleri | (Boulenger, 1906) | Sadler's robber |
| Brachyalestes taeniurus | (Günther, 1867) | |
| Brachypetersius altus | (Boulenger, 1899) | |
| Brachypetersius cadwaladeri | (Fowler, 1930) | |
| Brachypetersius gabonensis | Poll, 1967 | |
| Brachypetersius huloti | (Poll, 1954) | |
| Brachypetersius notospilus | (Pellegrin, 1930) | |
| Brachypetersius pseudonummifer | Poll, 1967 | |
| Brycinus batesii | (Boulenger, 1903) | |
| Brycinus brevis | (Boulenger, 1903) | |
| Brycinus carmesinus | (Nichols & Griscom, 1917) | |
| Brycinus grandisquamis | (Boulenger, 1899) | Pinkfin Alestes |
| Brycinus leuciscus | (Günther, 1867) | |
| Brycinus luteus | (Roman, 1966) | |
| Brycinus macrolepidotus | Valenciennes, 1850 | True big-scale tetra |
| Brycinus poptae | (Pellegrin, 1906) | |
| Brycinus rhodopleura | (Boulenger, 1906) | |
| Brycinus schoutedeni | (Boulenger, 1912) | |
| Bryconaethiops boulengeri | Pellegrin, 1900 | |
| Bryconaethiops macrops | Boulenger, 1920 | |
| Bryconaethiops microstoma | Günther, 1873 | |
| Bryconaethiops quinquesquamae | Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1990 | |
| Bryconaethiops yseuxi | Boulenger, 1899 | |
| Bryconalestes bartoni | (Nichols & La Monte, 1953) | |
| Bryconalestes derhami | (Géry & Mahnert, 1977) | |
| Bryconalestes intermedius | (Boulenger, 1903) | |
| Bryconalestes longipinnis | (Günther, 1864) | Longfin tetra |
| Bryconalestes tessmanni | (Pappenheim, 1911) | |
| Bryconalestes tholloni | (Pellegrin, 1901) | |
| Clupeocharax schoutedeni | Pellegrin, 1926 | |
| Hemigrammopetersius barnardi | (Herre, 1936) | Barnard's robber |
| Hemigrammopetersius pulcher | (Boulenger, 1909) | |
| Hydrocynus brevis | (Günther, 1864) | Tiger-fish |
| Hydrocynus forskahlii | (Cuvier, 1819) | Elongate tigerfish |
| Hydrocynus goliath | Boulenger, 1898 | Giant tigerfish |
| Hydrocynus tanzaniae | Brewster, 1986 | Tanzanian tigerfish |
| Hydrocynus vittatus | Castelnau, 1861 | Tiger fish |
| Ladigesia roloffi | Géry, 1968 | Sierra leone dwarf characin |
| Lepidarchus adonis | Roberts, 1966 | Jellybean tetra |
| Micralestes acutidens | (Peters, 1852) | Sharptooth tetra |
| Micralestes ambiguus | Géry, 1995 | |
| Micralestes argyrotaenia | Trewavas, 1936 | |
| Micralestes comoensis | Poll & Roman, 1967 | |
| Micralestes congicus | Poll, 1967 | |
| Micralestes eburneensis | Daget, 1965 | |
| Micralestes elongatus | Daget, 1957 | Elongated Turkana robber |
| Micralestes fodori | Matthes, 1965 | |
| Micralestes holargyreus | (Günther, 1873) | |
| Micralestes humilis | Boulenger, 1899 | |
| Micralestes lualabae | Poll, 1967 | |
| Micralestes occidentalis | (Günther, 1899) | |
| Micralestes pabrensis | (Roman, 1966) | |
| Micralestes sardina | Poll, 1938 | |
| Micralestes schelly | Stiassny & Mamonekene, 2007 | |
| Micralestes stormsi | Boulenger, 1902 | |
| Micralestes vittatus | (Boulenger, 1917) | |
| Nannopetersius ansorgii | (Boulenger, 1910) | |
| Nannopetersius lamberti | Poll, 1967 | |
| Nannopetersius mutambuei | Wamuini Lunkayilakio & Vreven, 2008 | |
| Petersius conserialis | Hilgendorf, 1894 | |
| Phenacogrammus aurantiacus | (Pellegrin, 1930) | |
| Phenacogrammus bleheri | Géry, 1995 | |
| Phenacogrammus concolor | Stiassny, Alter, Monsembula Iyaba & Liyandja, 2021 | |
| Phenacogrammus deheyni | Poll, 1945 | |
| Phenacogrammus flexus | Stiassny, Alter, Monsembula Iyaba & Liyandja, 2021 | |
| Phenacogrammus interruptus | (Boulenger, 1899) | Congo tetra |
| Phenacogrammus major | (Boulenger, 1903) | |
| Phenacogrammus polli | Lambert, 1961 | |
| Phenacogrammus stigmatura | (Fowler, 1936) | |
| Phenacogrammus taeniatus | Géry, 1996 | |
| Phenacogrammus urotaenia | (Boulenger, 1909) | |
| Rhabdalestes aeratis | Stiassny & Schaefer, 2005 | |
| Rhabdalestes brevidorsalis | (Pellegrin, 1921) | |
| Rhabdalestes maunensis | (Fowler, 1935) | Okavango robber |
| Rhabdalestes rhodesiensis | (Ricardo-Bertram, 1943) | Slender robber |
| Rhabdalestes septentrionalis | (Boulenger, 1911) | |
| Rhabdalestes tangensis | (Lönnberg, 1907) | Pangani robber |
| Rhabdalestes yokai | Ibala Zamba & Vreven, 2008 | |
| Tricuspidalestes caeruleus | (Matthes, 1964) |