Striped Tigerfish
Hydrocynus vittatus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Hydrocynus vittatus, the African tigerfish, tiervis or ngwesh is a freshwater fish distributed throughout much of Africa. This predatory fish is generally a piscivore but it has been observed leaping out of the water and catching barn swallows in flight.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Alestidae
- Genus
- Hydrocynus