Busira

The cherry red Congo tetra, Alestopetersius brichardi, is an alestid from the middle Congo and tributaries such as the Busira and Ruki in DR Congo. It has also been sold under the misapplied names A. nigropterus and A. ansorgii. Adult males develop extended median caudal-fin rays, with a broad dark lateral stripe running from behind the eye to their tip, and the species is lively and somewhat skittish but generally peaceful.