Species details : Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau, 1861

Accepted scientific name:
Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau, 1861 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Hydrocynus vittatus  Castelnau, 1861
Synonyms:
Hydrocinus vittatus Castelnau, 1861 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Hydrocinus vittatus Castelnau, 1861
Hydrocion lineatus Schlegel, 1863 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Hydrocion lineatus Schlegel, 1863
Hydrocyon forskalii (non Cuvier, 1819) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Hydrocyon forskalii (non Cuvier, 1819)
Hydrocyon lineatus Schlegel, 1863 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Hydrocyon lineatus Schlegel, 1863
Hydrocyon vittatus (Castelnau, 1861) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Hydrocyon vittatus (Castelnau, 1861)
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Musonga - - Angola Click here to show the literature
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Tiervis - Afrikaans Namibia Click here to show the literature
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Tiervis - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Kalb el Bahr - Arabic Sudan Click here to show the literature
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Kas - Arabic Sudan Click here to show the literature
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Kass - Arabic Sudan Click here to show the literature
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Manda - Bemba Zambia(Bangweulu swamps) Click here to show the literature
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Nsanga - Bemba Zambia(Bangweulu swamps) Click here to show the literature
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Kasangi - Chokwe Angola Click here to show the literature
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Muka - Chokwe Angola Click here to show the literature
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Almindelig tigerfisk - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Koris - El Molo Kenya(Lake Turkana) Click here to show the literature
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Ndweshi - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Tiger fish - English - Click here to show the literature
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Tiger fish - English Ghana Click here to show the literature
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Tigerfish - English Kenya Click here to show the literature
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Tigerfish - English Namibia(Kwando River (Ref. 81703).) Click here to show the literature
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Tigerfish - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Tigerfish - English Tanzania Click here to show the literature
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Tigerfish - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Tigerfish - English Zambia(Bangweulu swamps; Lake Kariba (Ref. 27602)) Click here to show the literature
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Avuwo kordzeasa - Ewe Ghana Click here to show the literature
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Linjatiikeritetra - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Akao - Ga Ghana Click here to show the literature
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Gestreifter Wasserhund - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Tigersalmler - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Zawai - Hausa Nigeria Click here to show the literature
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Owulueze - Igbo Nigeria Click here to show the literature
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Kabi - Ijo Nigeria Click here to show the literature
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Kiri shelia - Kanuri Nigeria Click here to show the literature
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Hidi - Kim Chad(Kim (Ref. 52867).) Click here to show the literature
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Hidi Dare - Kim Chad(Eré (Ref. 52867).) Click here to show the literature
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Hiding - Kim Chad(Djoumané (Ref. 52867).) Click here to show the literature
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Hiring - Kim Chad(Kolobo (Ref. 52867).) Click here to show the literature
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Kasanji - Lwena Angola Click here to show the literature
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狗脂鯉 Gou jhih li Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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狗脂鲤 Gou zhi li Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Ebma tsagi - Nupe Nigeria Click here to show the literature
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Mcheni - Nyanja Malawi(Lower Shire River Valley) Click here to show the literature
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Ncheni - Sena Mozambique Click here to show the literature
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Kachinga - Swahili (individual language) Tanzania(Rukwa) Click here to show the literature
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Lokel - Turkana Kenya(Lake Turkana) Click here to show the literature
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Ijakere - Yoruba Nigeria Click here to show the literature
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Ngania - Zande Sudan Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Characiformes FishBase
Family Alestidae FishBase
Genus Hydrocynus FishBase
Distribution: West-Africa: Niger, Bénoué, Ouémé, Senegal (Ref. 2880, 5331, 7248, 81279), Ouémé (unconfirmed, Ref. 81279), Chad (Ref. 2880, 5331, 81279). Also found in the Volta (Ref. 5331, 81279) and Mono rivers (Ref. 81279). Lower Guinea: Cross and Sanaga basins (Ref. 80290). Also reported from Nile, Omo, Congo, Lufira, Lualaba, Luapula, Zambezi, Limpopo, Rovuma, Shire, Rufiji, Ruaha, Lake Bangweulu, Lake Mweru, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Upemba, Lake Rukwa (Ref. 2880, 80290) and Lake Kariba (Ref. 27602), Malagarazi, Okavango and lower reaches of coastal systems south to Pongolo (Ref. 7248).
Lifezones: Freshwater
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 02-Oct-2012
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=4479
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:287fa940-c365-11e4-869f-239583ce8323:col20150401