Hepsetus cuvieri
Hepsetus cuvieri, sometimes known as the African pike or Kafue pike characin, is a predatory freshwater fish found in southern Africa. This species was described in 1861 by the French naturalist Francis de Laporte de Castelnau.
| Hepsetus cuvieri | |
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| Hepsetus cuvieri, in an Aquarium of Guma Lagoon Camp in the Okavango Delta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Hepsetidae |
| Genus: | Hepsetus |
| Species: | H. cuvieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Hepsetus cuvieri (Castelnau, 1861) | |
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The fish is named in honor of Georges Cuvier (1769-1832).
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