Southern African Pike
Hepsetus cuvieri
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Hepsetus cuvieri, the African pike, Southern African pike characin or Kafue pike characin, is a predatory species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the monotypic family Hepsetidae, the African pike characins. This fish is found in southern Africa. It was formerly classified within the single widespread African species Hepsetus odoe but this has now been split into a number of valid species.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Hepsetidae
- Genus
- Hepsetus