Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Characiformes
Familia: Hepsetidae
Genus: Hepsetus
Species (6): H. cuvieri – H. kingsleyae – H. lineatus – H. microlepis – H. occidentalis – H. odoe
Name
Hepsetus Swainson, 1838: 259
Type species: Salmo odoe ♂ Bloch, 1794. Appeared without species; first addition of species not researched; type by subsequent monotypy or by subsequent designation of Hubbs 1939: 168.
Synonyms
Sarcodaces Günther, 1864: 352
References
Swainson, W. 1838: On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. A. Spottiswoode, London. 1: i-vi + 1-368.
Decru, E., E. Vreven & 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). Journal of Natural History, 46(nos. 1-2): 1–23.
Vernacular names
English: Kafue pikes
Hepsetus is a genus of African fishes, the African pikes or African pike characins, in the order Characiformes. It is the sole genus in the family Hepsetidae. It was long believed that only a single widespread species existed, H. odoe,[1] but studies in 2011–2013 have shown that this species is restricted to parts of West and Central Africa. The well-known species of southern Africa, including Kafue River, is Hepsetus cuvieri.[2] These predatory fish reach up to 44 cm (17 in) in length.[3]
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[3][4]
Hepsetus cuvieri (Castelnau, 1861)[2]
Hepsetus kingsleyae Vreven, Decru & Snoeks, 2013[5]
Hepsetus lineatus (Pellegrin, 1926)[5]
Hepsetus microlepis (Boulenger, 1901)[6]
Hepsetus occidentalis Decru, Snoeks & Vreven, 2013[7]
Hepsetus odoe (Bloch, 1794)[8]
Synonym:
Hepsetus akawo Decru, Vreven & Snoeks, 2012 = Hepsetus odoe[7][9]
References
Nelson, J. S. (2006). Fishes of the World (4 ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 161–162. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9.
Zengeya, T. A.; Decru, E. & Vreven, E. (2011). "Revalidation of Hepsetus cuvieri (Castelnau, 1861) (Characiformes: Hepsetidae) from the Quanza, Zambezi and southern part of the Congo ichthyofaunal provinces". Journal of Natural History. 45 (27–28): 1723–1744. doi:10.1080/00222933.2011.560724.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hepsetus". FishBase. December 2020 version.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hepsetus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
Decru, E.; Vreven, E. & Snoeks, J. (2013). "A revision of the Lower Guinean Hepsetus species (Characiformes; Hepsetidae) with the description of Hepsetus kingsleyae sp. nov". Journal of Fish Biology. 82 (4): 1351–1375. doi:10.1111/jfb.12079. PMID 23557311.
Decru, E.; Snoeks, J. & Vreven, E. (2015). "Taxonomic evaluation of the Hepsetus from the Congo basin with the revalidation of H. microlepis (Teleostei: Hepsetidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 26 (3): 273–287.
Decru, E.; Snoeks, J. & Vreven, E. (2013). "The true identity of the holotype of Hepsetus odoe and the names of the two West African species of Hepsetus (Teleostei: Hepsetidae)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 24 (2): 187–192.
Decru, E.; Vreven, E. & Snoeks, J. (January 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)". Journal of Natural History. 46 (1–2): 1–23. doi:10.1080/00222933.2011.622055.
FishBase: Scientific Names where Genus Equals Hepsetus
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