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African Tigerfishes
Hydrocynus
Hydrocynus is a genus of large characin fish in the family Alestidae commonly called "tigerfish," endemic to the African continent. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ ("water") + κύων ("dog"). (In fact, this fish is popularly referred to as poisson chien (dog fish) in French-speaking West Africa.) The genus contains five species, all popularly known as "African Tigerfish" for their fierce predatory behaviour and other characteristics that make them excellent game fish. Hydrocynus...
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Striped Tigerfish
speciesHydrocynus vittatus
Goliath Tigerfish
speciesHydrocynus goliath
Elongate Tigerfish
speciesHydrocynus forskahlii
Nile Tigerfish
speciesHydrocynus brevis
Blue Tigerfish
speciesHydrocynus tanzaniae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 82778.