Typová lokalita
Slow-flowing muddy creek of backwater of Kwilu River in sugar cane plantations near Moerbeke, Kwilu drainage, lower Congo basin, Democratic Republic of Congo, 5°34'S, 14°39'E.
Původní popis
Roberts, T. R. 2019. Alestion rapax¸ a new genus and species of miniature paedomorphic characiform fish with large conical teeth from the Lower Congo basin (Ostariophysi, Alestidae). aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 25 (no. 3): 85-102.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.