Alestidae

Silversides

Alestes baremoze

Silver scales across northern African waters

• Silver
• Tropical
• Coastal
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Africa
• Fusiform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Alestes baremoze, the pebbly fish or silversides, is a species of characin fish from the freshwater systems of northern and western Africa. It has some importance as a commercially exploited food fish.