Brycinus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:157 Masc. Brycinus macrolepidotus Valenciennes 1850. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Alestes Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Paugy 1984:140 [ref. 6183]). •Provisionally valid -- (Géry 1995:39 [ref. 22057]). •Valid as Brycinus Valenciennes 1850 -- (Géry 1977:19 [ref. 1597], Lévêque et al. 1989:115 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:300 [ref. 26478], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1990:207 [ref. 21589], Paugy et al. 1990:337 [ref. 26477], Poll & Gosse 1995:141 [ref. 24781], Seegers 1996:165 [ref. 23725], Dankwa et al. 1999:19 [ref. 28023], Zanata & Vari 2005;117 [ref. 28816], Ibala Zamba et al. 2007:1214 [ref. 29470], Paugy & Schaefer 2007:365 [ref. 30022] dated 1849, Mirande 2009:6 [ref. 30267] in Alestidae, Mirande 2010:474 [ref. 31006], Oliveira et al. 2011:10 [ref. 31685], Oliveira et al. 2011:10 [ref. 31685], Marshall 2011:129 [ref. 31755], Decru et al. 2016:49 [ref. 34370], Stiassny et al. 2023:599 [ref. 40595]). Current status: Valid as Brycinus Valenciennes 1850. Alestidae.