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Southern African Pike
Hepsetus cuvieri
Hepsetus cuvieri, sometimes known as the African pike or Kafue pike characin, is a predatory freshwater fish found mainly in southern Africa. This species was described in 1861 by the French naturalist Francis de Laporte de Castelnau.
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