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Hydrocynus brevis (Tiger-fish; Tiger fish)

Synonyms: Hydrocion brevis; Hydrocynus somonorum; Hydrocyon brevis; Hydrocyon somonorum
Language: Arabic; Creole, English; Dinka, Northeastern; Ewe; Finnish; Ga; Hausa; Igbo; Jula; Kim; Krio; M; Mòoré; Nuer; Nupe; Other; Shilluk; Wolof; Yoruba; Zande

Wikipedia Abstract

Hydrocynus brevis, also known as the tigerfish, Nile tigerfish or Sahelian tigerfish, is a predatory freshwater fish distributed throughout Africa.
View Wikipedia Record: Hydrocynus brevis

Attributes

Migration [1]  Potamodromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Takamanda Forest Reserve National Park II 167041 Cameroon  

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Monascus filiformis[2]
Rhabdochona aegyptiacus <Unverified Name>[3]
Siphodera ghanensis[3]
Tenuisentis niloticus[3]
Tubulovesicula lindbergi[3]

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External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0