Biology:Hepsetus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Hepsetus | |
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| Hepsetus lineatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Hepsetidae C. L. Hubbs, 1939 |
| Genus: | Hepsetus Swainson, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Salmo odoe Bloch, 1794
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| Synonyms | |
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Hydrocyonoides Castelnau, 1861 | |
Hepsetus is a genus of African fishes, the African pikes or African pike characins, in the order Characiformes. It is the sole genus in the family Hepsetidae. It was long believed that only a single widespread species existed, H. odoe,[1] but studies in 2011–2013 have shown that this species is restricted to parts of West and Central Africa. The well-known species of southern Africa, including Kafue River, is Hepsetus cuvieri.[2] These predatory fish reach up to 44 cm (17 in) in length.[3]
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[3][4]
- Hepsetus cuvieri (Castelnau, 1861)[2]
- Hepsetus kingsleyae Vreven, Decru & Snoeks, 2013[5]
- Hepsetus lineatus (Pellegrin, 1926)[5]
- Hepsetus microlepis (Boulenger, 1901)[6]
- Hepsetus occidentalis Decru, Snoeks & Vreven, 2013[7]
- Hepsetus odoe (Bloch, 1794)[8]
Synonym:
- Hepsetus akawo Decru, Vreven & Snoeks, 2012 = Hepsetus odoe[7][9]
References
- ↑ Nelson, J. S. (2006). Fishes of the World (4 ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 161-162. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Zengeya, T. A.; Decru, E.; Vreven, E. (2011). "Revalidation of Hepsetus cuvieri (Castelnau, 1861) (Characiformes: Hepsetidae) from the Quanza, Zambezi and southern part of the Congo ichthyofaunal provinces". Journal of Natural History 45 (27–28): 1723–1744. doi:10.1080/00222933.2011.560724.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2020). Species of Hepsetus in FishBase. December 2020 version.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Hepsetus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=9162.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Decru, E.; Vreven, E.; Snoeks, J. (2013). "A revision of the Lower Guinean Hepsetus species (Characiformes; Hepsetidae) with the description of Hepsetus kingsleyae sp. nov.". Journal of Fish Biology 82 (4): 1351–1375. doi:10.1111/jfb.12079. PMID 23557311.
- ↑ Decru, E.; Snoeks, J.; Vreven, E. (2015). "Taxonomic evaluation of the Hepsetus from the Congo basin with the revalidation of H. microlepis (Teleostei: Hepsetidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 26 (3): 273–287. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285115889_Taxonomic_evaluation_of_the_Hepsetus_from_the_Congo_basin_with_the_revalidation_of_H_microlepis_Teleostei_Hepsetidae.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Decru, E.; Snoeks, J.; Vreven, E. (2013). "The true identity of the holotype of Hepsetus odoe and the names of the two West African species of Hepsetus (Teleostei: Hepsetidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 24 (2): 187-192. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vreven-Emmanuel/publication/290539090_The_true_identity_of_the_holotype_of_Hepsetus_odoe_and_the_names_of_the_two_West_African_species_of_Hepsetus_Teleostei_Hepsetidae/links/586fa16f08ae6eb871bf5a04/The-true-identity-of-the-holotype-of-Hepsetus-odoe-and-the-names-of-the-two-West-African-species-of-Hepsetus-Teleostei-Hepsetidae.pdf.
- ↑ Decru, E.; Vreven, E.; Snoeks, J. (January 2012). "A revision of the West African Hepsetus (Characiformes: Hepsetidae) with a description of Hepsetus akawo sp. nov. and a redescription of Hepsetus odoe (Bloch, 1794)". Journal of Natural History 46 (1–2): 1–23. doi:10.1080/00222933.2011.622055.
- ↑ FishBase: Scientific Names where Genus Equals Hepsetus
Wikidata ☰ Q2391145 entry
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