Real photoREAL PHOTO
Hepsetidae
Kingsley's African Pike
Hepsetus kingsleyae
Hepsetid Fish of Freshwater Basins
- Yellow
- Tropical
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Elongated
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Yellow
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Elongated
MediumKingsley's African Pike is known from Africa as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Characins
- Family
- Hepsetidae
- Genus
- Hepsetus
- Maximum length
- 22 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Africa: endemic to the Ogowe River basin in Gabon; known from lakes in contact with the Ogowe main channel, or in rivers close to the lakes; not recorded from the Ngounié (Ref. 93279 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
