[[Genus Micralestes ^ZBK ]]

Roberts & Stewart (1976) in their work on the fishes of the lower Congo River reported the presence of two Micralestes ^ZBK in their collections: M. acutidens ^ZBK (Fig. 1A) and M. humilis ^ZBK (Fig. 1C). Recent collections in the region also include specimens of M. lualabae ^ZBK (Fig. 1D), M. stormsi ^ZBK (Fig. 1E) and M. holargyreus (Fig. 1B). In addition to these, a collection made in the vicinity of Inga revealed the presence of a population of diminutive alestid that appears most closely to resemble Micralestes ^ZBK but that are not assignable to any described Micralestes ^ZBK or to any other species dwarf African alestid.