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Hydrocynus lineatus (Schlegel, 1863) Hydrocynus vittatus , the African tigerfish , tiervis or ngwesh [ 3 ] is a predatory freshwater fish distributed throughout much of Africa. This fish is generally a piscivore but it has been observed leaping out of the water and catching barn swallows in flight.
Hydrocynus is a genus of characin fish in the family Alestidae commonly called "tigerfish," native to Africa. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ ("water" [ 1 ] ) + κύων ("dog" [ 1 ] ).
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Hydrocynus forskahlii is preserved by salting, especially in Upper Egyptian Nile, but most are now imported as salted fish from Sudan. [1] Tigerfish are rare in the aquarium trade but this species is the most commonly traded and kept species. [5] As Hydrocynus forskahlii is a commercially important species it suffers from heavy fishing pressure ...
The wildlife of Mali, composed of its flora and fauna, is widely varying from the Saharan desert zone (covering about 33% of the country) to the Sahelian east–west zone, to Mali, a landlocked francophone country in North Africa; large swathes of Mali remain unpopulated but has three sub-equal vegetation zones; the country has Sahara Desert in the north, the Niger River Basin at its center ...
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The lined barb (Striuntius lineatus) [1] is a species of cyprinid fish native to Malaysia and Indonesia where it can be found in swamps, standing waters with submerged grasses and blackwater rivers. This species can reach a length of 5.3 centimetres (2.1 in).
Henicorhynchus lineatus (Smith, 1945) Henicorhynchus caudimaculatus , the striped mud carp , is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Henicorhynchus . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is native to Indochina .