Hepsetus odoe

Hepsetus odoe

Hepsetus odoe is a predator, which is found in western Africa. Its habitat ranges from the Ivory Coast to the Chari in the Central African Republic.

Features

Hepsetus odoe has an elongated pike -like, covered with cycloid scales 30 to 60 centimeters long body. It is hardly flattened side and has a flat top of the head. Its maximum weight is stated with four kilograms. The muzzle is long, the mouth large, and occupied by some very large, conical and rear-facing fangs and smaller acute teeth. On the pine there are sail-like attachments that may have sensory organs. The top of the fish is brown, the flanks and belly are silvery with lehmgelbem shimmer. The eyes are large and brass-colored, the nostrils are close together. About the eyes, they have a red-orange spot behind some bright and dark bands. The fins are pink to gray, the dorsal fin has some brown-red rays, the dorsal fin is black. Adult animals can have on the paired fins black spots. The anal fin behind the dorsal fin. Hepsetus odoe has 45 to 49 vertebrae. Along the lateral line organ are 49 to 60 scales.

• Fins formula: Dorsal II/7-9, Anal II/9-11.
• Dandruff formula: MLR (49 ) 50-60.

Hepsetus odoe is relatively short-lived and only four to five years old.

Way of life

Hepsetus odoe is a migratory fish, lives in rivers, lakes and swamps and adheres more to the bottom of the water. He prefers that calm, deep waters with a pH value of 6 to 7.5 and a water hardness to 18. Adult animals eat fish, young fish hold on especially in heavily vegetated habitats and feed on smaller fish and invertebrates. The Pike Characin multiply in the summer months, and lay eggs in a floating bubble nest at the water surface, which is guarded by a parent or by both.

Use

Hepsetus odoe is caught with nets and used as a food fish. The flesh is reddish and is considered palatable. In the hunting and the type has no meaning, since they are very sensitive and take even the smallest injury.