FB-4496 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4496 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Characiformes Alestidae Hydrocynus Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier, 1819) Ngassa Akao Akawo Baala Elongate tigerfish Tigerfish Tiger fish Sale vesihunt Asentiwoe-vuwo Tiikeritetra Danriri zawai Tsage Tsege Zawai Owulueze Kiri shelia Magborgboi Anjoobe Anjoobin-sance Sance Guer Ijakere Basoaka Ebma tsagi Hidi Hidi Gurlua Hiding Azolo Hiring Ka-gbith Kabi Koris Kywanka Lokel Ngasia Seendu Sumuneh Wulujigɛ Zubè Characinus dentex (non Linnaeus, 1758) Hydrocynus forskahlli (Cuvier, 1819) Hydrocynus forskali (Cuvier, 1819) Hydrocynus forskalii (Cuvier, 1819) Hydrocynus forskhalii (Cuvier, 1819) Hydrocyon dentex (non Hasselquist, 1762) Hydrocyon forskahlii Cuvier, 1819 Hydrocyon forskali Cuvier, 1819 Hydrocyon forskalli Cuvier, 1819 Hydrocyon roschal Walbaum, 1792 1991-06-27 2024-01-23 Teugels, G.G., C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and K. 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Binohlan 1991-06-27 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4496 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Forms shoals; an open water predator often found near the water surface; feeds on fishes, preferring long bodied fish as they are easier to swallow and also takes insects, grass and snails; cannibalistic; preyed upon by fish eagle Haliaeetus vocifer; breeding migrations have been reported up several tributaries of Lake Kariba during the rains (Ref. 13337). Paugy, D. and S.A. Schaefer 2007 Alestidae. p. 347-411. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) Poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres de basse Guinée, ouest de l'Afrique centrale/The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, west-central Africa. Vol. 1. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Istitut de recherche pour le développement, Paris, France, Muséum nationale d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royale de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren, Belgique. 800 p. (Ref. 80290) FB-DiagnosticDescr-4496 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1992-07-03 00:00:00 2013-06-28 22:05:30 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4496 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Diagnosis: 2 scale rows between lateral line and scaly process at pelvic-fin bases; eye Paugy, D. and S.A. Schaefer 2007 Alestidae. p. 347-411. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) Poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres de basse Guinée, ouest de l'Afrique centrale/The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, west-central Africa. Vol. 1. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Istitut de recherche pour le développement, Paris, France, Muséum nationale d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royale de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren, Belgique. 800 p. (Ref. 80290) FB-Distribution-4496 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-06-27 00:00:00 2022-08-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4496 Africa: Cross, Wouri and Sanaga basin in Lower Guinea ichthyofaunal province (Ref. 80290). Also in Chad, Niger, Ogun, Ouémé, Mono, Volta, Comoé, Bandama, Sassandra, Nipoué, St. Paul, Mano, Little Scarcies, Gambia and Senegal basins in West Africa (Ref. 2880, 80290, 81279); Nile River, including Lake Albert (Ref. 4903, 5331); Lake Turkana and Omo River (Ref. 2880, 5331, 80290); and Congo River basin (Ref. 2880, 80290). Paugy, D. 2003 Alestidae. p. 236-282. In D. Paugy, C. Lévêque and G.G Teugels (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa Volume 1. 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(Ref. 13337) FB-Migration-4496 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-06-27 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4496 Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243) FB-TrophicStrategy-4496 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1997-03-13 00:00:00 2004-09-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public forskahlii http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Feeds on fish and zoobenthos (Ref. 6160); primarily cichlid fishes, Hepsetus and small characid fishes (Ref. 30518). Hickley, P. and R.G. Bailey 1987 Food and feeding relationships of fish in the Sudd swamps (River Nile, southern Sudan). J. Fish Biol. 30(2):147-159. (Ref. 6160) FB-Size-4496 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-06-27 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4496 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 78.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 2880)); max. published weight: 15.5 kg (Ref. 13337); max. reported age: 4 years (Ref. 2757) Paugy, D. 1990 Characidae. p. 195-236. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tome I. Coll. Faune Tropicale n° XXVIII. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren et O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, 384 p. (Ref. 2880) Bell-Cross, G. and J.L. Minshull 1988 The fishes of Zimbabwe. National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe. 294 p. (Ref. 13337) Srinn, K.Y. 1974 Biologie d' <i>Hydrocynus forskalii</i> du bassin tchadien. Thèse de 3ème cycle, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse. 126 p. (Ref. 2757) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Diseases-4496-1419 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2005-01-07 00:00:00 2005-02-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=4496&StockCode=4694 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Annulotrema Infestation 1. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Khalil, L.F. and J.P. Thurston 1973 Studies on the helminth parasites of freshwater fishes of Uganda including the descriptions of two new species of digeneans. Rev. Zool. Bot. afr. 87(2):209-248. (Ref. 52494) FB-Diseases-4496-1420 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2005-01-07 00:00:00 2005-02-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=4496&StockCode=4694 Annulotrema Infestation 2. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Khalil, L.F. and J.P. Thurston 1973 Studies on the helminth parasites of freshwater fishes of Uganda including the descriptions of two new species of digeneans. Rev. Zool. Bot. afr. 87(2):209-248. (Ref. 52494) FB-Diseases-4496-1421 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2005-01-07 00:00:00 2005-02-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=4496&StockCode=4694 Annulotrema Infestation 3. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Khalil, L.F. and J.P. Thurston 1973 Studies on the helminth parasites of freshwater fishes of Uganda including the descriptions of two new species of digeneans. Rev. Zool. Bot. afr. 87(2):209-248. (Ref. 52494) FB-Habitat-4496 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-06-27 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4496 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats pelagic; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); freshwater Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243)