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View Mode View All Pictures Species Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau    Hydrocynus vittatus was originally described as Hydrocinus vittatus by Castelnau in 1861. It belongs to the family Alestidae. It is commonly known as Tiger fish but has many other common names such as Tigerfish in USA (contiguous states), Tigerfish in South Africa, Kachinga in Tanzania, United Rep. of, Avuwo kordzeasa in Ghana, Tiger fish in United Kingdom. more common names It is found in Fresh water.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   vittatus AuthorWI   Castelnau [F. L.] AuthorNI   Castelnau Qualification   --- Year   1861 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Characiformes Characiformes Family   Alestidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Hydrocynus Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Characiformes Family   Alestidae Genus   Hydrocynus Original Name   Hydrocinus         Taxon Name   vittatus Original Combination   Hydrocinus vittatus Original Genus   Hydrocinus Original Genus Species   Hydrocinus vittatus OriginalSubGenus   Hydrocinus Original Author   Castelnau Original AuthorWI   Castelnau [F. L.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1861 Original Family   Alestidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Rundu, Okavango River, Namibia, 17°54'S, 19°46'E. Primary Code   Neotype Primary Type   SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 22228 Page   65 SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Hydrocynus vittatus Current Species   vittatus Current Genus Hydrocynus Current AuthorWI Castelnau [F. L.] Current AuthorNI   Castelnau Current Year   1861 Current Family Alestidae Current Subfamily --- --- Habitat Freshwater.         Water Fresh water     Current Summary   Valid as Hydrocynus vittatus  Castelnau 1861. Alestidae.   Name History   •Valid as Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau 1861 -- (Paugy 1984:171 [ref. 6183], Brewster 1986:193 [ref. 8104], Paugy & Guégan 1989:68 [ref. 26479], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1990:199 [ref. 21589], Lévèque et al. 1991:139 [ref. 31367], Skelton 1993:206 [ref. 24071], Seegers 1996:175 [ref. 23725], Skelton 2001:206 [ref. 27406], De Vos et al. 2001:129, 131 [ref. 26059], Seegers et al. 2003:36 [ref. 28087], Paugy & Schaefer 2007:355 [ref. 30022], Marshall 2011:137 [ref. 31755], Kullander & Roberts 2012:368 [ref. 31751], Bruton et al. 2018:58 [ref. 36373], Skelton 2019:233 [ref. 36564]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections  Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 1 (15 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   brasiliensis Hydrocynus brasiliensis Cuvier [G.] 1816 Synonym brevis Hydrocynus brevis Günther [A.] 1864 Valid cuvieri Hydrocynus cuvieri (Spix [J. B. von] & Agassiz [L.] 1829) Synonym forskahlii Hydrocynus forskahlii Cuvier [G.] 1819 Valid forskali Hydrocynus forskali Cuvier [G.] 1819 Synonym forskalii Hydrocynus forskalii Cuvier [G.] 1819 Synonym goliath Hydrocynus goliath Boulenger [G. A.] 1898 Valid hujeta Hydrocynus hujeta (Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850) Synonym lineatus Hydrocynus lineatus Schlegel [H.] in Bleeker 1863 Synonym lucius Hydrocynus lucius Cuvier [G.] 1816 Synonym maculatus Hydrocynus maculatus (Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850) Synonym scomberoides Hydrocynus scomberoides Cuvier [G.] 1816 Synonym somonorum Hydrocynus somonorum Daget [J.] 1954 Synonym tanzaniae Hydrocynus tanzaniae Brewster [B.] 1986 Valid vittiger Hydrocynus vittiger Boulenger [G. A.] 1907 Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 1 (15 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…