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]
| 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 | |
Species edit
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 edit
- ^ Nelson, J. S. (2006). Fishes of the World (4 ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 161–162. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 24 (2): 187–192.
- ^ 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
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