Mali country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: misidentification
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Report from the upper Senegal (Ref. 81278) refers to Hepsetus occidentalis (Ref. 88135).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ml.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.orleans.ird.fr/~pechedcn/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Decru, E., E. Vreven and J. Snoeks, 2012
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Common names from other countries

African pike, Basoaka, Wulugangan, ... more

Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Characiformes (Characins) > Hepsetidae (African pikes)
Etymology: Hepsetus: Greek, epsetas, -e, -on = boiled, but there is the following sentence: "oí epsetoi" = certain fishes, and also could be related to "psetta" = grouper (Ref. 45335); odoe: The specific name refers to the local names in the Adangme language of Hepsetus specimens in Ghana: 'Akawo nyagbe', which means 'dog-like teeth' and 'akawo' which means 'attacker' or 'predator' (Ref. 88135).
More on author: Bloch.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Οικολογία

; Γλυκού νερού βενθικό(ς); pH range: 6.0 - 7.5; dH range: ? - 18; ποταμόδρομος (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 26°C - 28°C (Ref. 2060)

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Africa: easternmost part of West Africa, from the Sassandra River, Ivory Coast, in the west to the Shari River, Central African Republic, in the east; and southwards up to the Kribi River in Cameroon (Ref. 88135). Reports from outside this area refer to other species of Hepsetus (Ref. 88135, 93279, 93907, 108775).

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: L_m 14.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 44.2 cm SL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 83624)

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Ραχιαίες άκανθες (συνολικά) : 0; Μαλακές ραχιαίες ακτίνες (συνολικά) : 9; Εδρικές άκανθες: 0; Μαλακές εδρικές ακτίνες: 12; Σπόνδυλοι: 45 - 49. Diagnosis: This species is distinguished from all other Hepsetus species by the following unique combination of characters: number of lateral line scales low, 43–51; nostril-lower jaw distance short, 36.6–42.1% of head length; number of gill rakers high, 17–23; number of scales between dorsal fin and lateral line 7.5-9.5; number of scales between adipose fin and lateral line 4.5-6.5; head width broad, 32.8–42.3% of head length; and internasal distance high, 21.9–28.3% of head length (Ref. 88135).

This species seems to prefer upper river courses or small rivers where Hydrocynus species are absent or scarce (Ref. 81278).

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Decru, E., E. Vreven and J. Snoeks, 2012. A revision of the West African Hepsetus (Characiformes: Hepsetidae) with a description of Hepsetus akawo sp. nov. and a redescription of Hepsetus odoe (Bloch, 1794). J. Nat. Hist. 46(1-2):1-23. (Ref. 88135)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 May 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

αλιεία: παραδοσιακή αλιεία; Ενυδρείο: Εμπορικό(ά)

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00550 (0.00411 - 0.00735), b=3.13 (3.05 - 3.21), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Τροφικό Επίπεδο (Ref. 69278): 4.1 ±0.71 se; based on food items.

Ελαστικότητα (Ref. 120179): Μεσαίο(α), ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού 1,4 - 4,4 έτη (K=0.27-0.59; tmax=5; Fec < 10,000).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Hepsetus odoe (Bloch, 1794)