Hydrocynus vittatus (Castelnau (de), 1861) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Common names : Akao (Ga: Ghana); Almindelig tigerfisk (Danish: Denmark); Avuwo kordzeasa (Ewe: Ghana); Bongela ,Bosenekele, Munda (Kele: Democratic Republic of Congo); Ebma tsagi (Nupe: Nigeria); Gestreifter Wasserhund (German: Germany); Harilik vesihunt (Estonian: Estonia); Hidi, Hidi Dare, Hiding, Hiring (Kim: Chad); Ijakere (Yoruba: Nigeria); Kabi (Ijo: Nigeria); Kachinga (Swahili: Tanzania); Kalb el bahr, Kas, Kass (Arabic: Sudan) | Kasangi, Muka (Chokwe: Angola); Kasanji (Lwena: Angola); Kiri shelia (Kanuri: Nigeria); Koris (El Molo: Kenya); Linjatiikeritetra (Finnish: Finland); Lokel (Turkana: Kenya); Manda, Nsanga (Bemba: Zambia); Mcheni (Nyanja: Malawi); Munda (Lombo, So: Democratic Republic of Congo); Musonga (Luba-Kasai: Angola); Ncheni (Sena: Mozambique); Ndweshi (English: USA) | Ngania (Zande: Sudan), Ngweshi (Afrikaans: Namibia); Owulueze (Igbo: Nigeria); Tiervis (Afrikaans: Namibia, South Africa); Tiger fish (English: Ghana, Global language); Tigerfish (English: Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, USA, Zambia) Tigersalmler (German: Germany); Wagassa (Nyoro: Uganda); Zawai (Hausa: Nigeria) .
  • Current distribution known : West-Africa: Niger, Benue, Ouémé(unconfirmed), Senegal, Chad. Also found in the Volta and Mono rivers. Lower Guinea: Cross and Sanaga basins. Widespread throughout the Congo River basin. Also reported from Nile, Omo, Zambezi, Limpopo, Rovuma, Shire, Rufiji, Ruaha, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Rukwa, Lake Albert and Lake Kariba, Malagarazi, Okavango and lower reaches of coastal systems south to Pongolo .
  • Dentition : Cawston, 1947 .
  • Food habits_references : Bell-Cross, 1976 | Blache et al., 1964 | Daget, 1954 | Gosse, 1963 | Greenwood, 1958 c | Jackson, 1961 c | Matthes, 1964 b | Pienaar, 1968 | Poll, 1953 a | Ricardo, 1939 | Ricardo-Bertram, 1943 | Worthington & Ricardo, 1936 a | Worthington & Ricardo, 1936 b .
  • Habits_references : Bell-Cross, 1976 | Copley, 1958 | Gosse, 1963 | Greenwood, 1958 c | Matthes, 1964 b | Pienaar, 1968 | Poll, 1953 a | Ricardo, 1939 | Ricardo-Bertram, 1943 .
  • Migration : Jackson, 1961 c .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Blache et al., 1964 | Borodin, 1936 | Boulenger, 1907 l | Boulenger, 1909 a | Daget, 1954 | Fowler, 1936 | Holly, 1927 b | Jubb, 1967 | Keilhack, 1910 a | Pellegrin, 1923 b | Poll, 1946 | Poll, 1953 a | Poll, 1967 b | Poll, 1976 b | Sandon, 1950 | Steindachner, 1913 .
  • Osteology : Eastman, 1917 | Gregory & Conrad, 1937 .
  • Parasites : Price, Peebles & Bamford, 1969 .
  • Reproduction_references : Gosse, 1963 | Greenwood, 1958 c | Jackson, 1961 c | Matthes, 1964 b | Pienaar, 1968 | Poll, 1953 a | Ricardo, 1939 | Ricardo-Bertram, 1943 .
  • Size : 1050 mm FL (male), 740 mm FL (female); max. weight reported: 28000 g; max. age reported: 8 years .
  • Types :
    • Hydrocinus vittatus Castelnau (de), 1861: 65. Type locality: "lac Ngami". Neotype designated by Paugy & Guégan 1989: 66, Rundu, Okavango R., Namibia, 17°54'S, 19°46'E, RUSI 22228
    • Hydrocyon lineatus Bleeker, 1863 a: 125. Type locality: Côte de Guinée. Type RMNH n° 3249.