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Hydrocynus goliath Boulenger, 1898

Giant tigerfish
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Congo (Brazzaville) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the Ubangi (Ref. 44840).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cf.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Daget, J. and A. Stauch, 1963
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes(वर्ग, प्रजाति) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Characiformes (Characins) > Alestidae (African tetras)
Etymology: Hydrocynus: Greek, hydr = water + Greek, kyon = dog (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Boulenger.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

; स्वच्छ जल, अलवण जल पिलाजिक; pH range: 6.5 - 7.5; dH range: ? - 25.   Tropical; 23°C - 26°C (Ref. 2060)

वितरण देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | Point map | भूमिका | Faunafri

Africa: Congo River basin, from the marine lower Congo (Ref. 51114) up to the upper Lualaba (Ref. 2970), in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of Congo. Also reported from Lake Tanganyika (Ref. 4967).

आकार / वज़न / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 133 cm FL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 40637); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 50.0 kg (Ref. 4537)

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Inhabits lakes and large rivers (Ref. 4967).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा

Main reference Upload your references | संदर्भ | संयोजक | सहयोगीयो

Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991. World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 February 2009

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

मात्स्यिकी: व्यापारिक; आखेट मत्स्य: हां
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5312   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01148 (0.00528 - 0.02495), b=3.00 (2.82 - 3.18), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.8   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
लौटाव (Ref. 120179):  निम्न, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी होने का समय 4.5 - 14 वर्ष। (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (89 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.