Hydrocins [1] , or tiger fish [1] ( lat. Hydrocynus ) - a genus of large ray-finned fish of the African tetra family . The name of the genus comes from the ancient Greek words ὕδωρ ("water" [2] ) + κύων ("dog" [2] ). Endemic to Africa . The genus contains five species, all popularly known as “African tiger fish” because of their ferocious predatory behavior and other characteristics that make them excellent objects for sport fishing [3] . Representatives of the genus Hydrocynus are the only freshwater fish that can catch birds flying over water [4] . They reach lengths from 25 cm ( H. tanzaniae ) to 133 cm and masses of about 50 kg ( large tiger fish ) [5] .
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5 types [5] :
- Hydrocynus brevis ( Günther , 1864)
- Hydrocynus forskahlii ( Cuvier , 1819)
- Giant hydrocin , or large tiger fish [1] ( Hydrocynus goliath ) Boulenger , 1898
- Hydrocynus tanzaniae B. Brewster , 1986
- Common tiger fish [6] ( Hydrocynus vittatus ) Castelnau , 1861
Hydrocynus forskahlii
Hydrocynus brevis
Big tiger fish
Hydrocynus tanzaniae
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Reshetnikov Yu.S. , Kotlyar A.N. , Russ T.S. , Shatunovsky M.I. The pagan language dictionary of animal names. Fish. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1989 .-- S. 128. - 12,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00237-0 .
- ↑ 1 2 Liddell, HG & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ↑ "Hydrocynus" , Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ “African Tigerfish Recorded Catching Bird Prey in Mid-Flight For First Time Ever (VIDEO),” University Herald , January 13, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 Genus Hydrocynus (Eng.) In the FishBase database.
- ↑ Animal Life: in 6 volumes. Volume 4. Pisces / Ed. prof. T. S. Russ. - M .: Education, 1983.