Hydrocynus vittatus
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For other species known as "tigerfish", see Tigerfish.
Hydrocynus vittatus, the African tigerfish, tiervis or ngwesh[3] is a predatory freshwater fish distributed throughout much of Africa. This fish is generally a piscivore but it has been observed leaping out of the water and catching barn swallows in flight.[4][5]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Alestidae |
Genus: | Hydrocynus |
Species: | H. vittatus |
Binomial name | |
Hydrocynus vittatus (Castelnau, 1861) | |
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