Author: (Pellegrin, 1901)
Remark: Affinities: close to <i>B. bartoni</i>, <i>B. longipennis</i>, <i>B. derhami</i> and <i>B. intermedius</i>; distinguished from the first three species by higher number of scales above lateral line and from <i>B. intermedius</i> by a higher number of branched anal rays and lateral line scales (Ref. 80920). This species is placed in the genus <i>Alestes</i> in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. May 2011: Ref. 86870).