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Hepsetus odoe (Bloch, 1794)

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: misidentification
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Reports from Okavango, Upper Zambezi, Kwando, Chobe, Kunene, Cuvelai (Ref. 33857) and from Caprivi (Ref. 37065) refer to Hepsetus cuvieri (Ref. 88135).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/wa.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.benefit.org.na/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Zengeya, T.A., E. Decru and E. Vreven, 2011
National Database:

Common names from other countries

African pike, Basoaka, Wulugangan, ... more

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Characiformes (Characins) > Hepsetidae (African pikes)
Etymology: Hepsetus: Greek, epsetas, -e, -on = boiled, but there is the following sentence: "oí epsetoi" = certain fishes, and also could be related to "psetta" = grouper (Ref. 45335);  odoe: The specific name refers to the local names in the Adangme language of Hepsetus specimens in Ghana: 'Akawo nyagbe', which means 'dog-like teeth' and 'akawo' which means 'attacker' or 'predator' (Ref. 88135).
  More on author: Bloch.

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


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