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Tiger Fish

Hydrocynus brevis (Günther 1864)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Hydrocynus brevis (Günther 1864)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Hydrocynus brevis
Species recognized by Egypt Species List, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia CA, Benin Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Cameroon Species List, Chad Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Gambia Species List, Ghana Species List, Guinea Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Mali Species List, Mauritania Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Senegal Species List, Sudan Species List, Togo Species List, wikipedia EU, North Atlantic Species List, and NCBI
Hydrocynus brevis (Günther 1864)
Species recognized by GBIF classification, GBIF national node type records UK, and GBIF national node type records France
Hydrocynus somonorum
Species recognized by wikipedia EU
Hydrocion brevis
Recognized by BHL data coverage
Hydrocynus brevis
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
Hydrocynus brevis
Recognized by Fishbase
Hydrocynus brevis (Günther 1864)
Species recognized by IUCN, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Hydrocynus somonorum
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Hydrocyon brevis
Recognized by Flickr Group

Alternative Names

Hydrocion brevis Günther 1864
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Hydrocynus somonorum (Daget 1954)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Hydrocyon brevis Günther 1864
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Hydrocyon somonorum Daget 1954
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Hydrocyon brevis
Synonym according to NCBI
Hydrocion brevis
Synonym according to Fishbase
Hydrocion brevis Günther 1864
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Hydrocion brevis Günther 1864
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Hydrocynus somonorum (Daget 1954)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Hydrocynus somonorum (Daget 1954)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Fishbase
Hydrocyon brevis
Synonym according to Fishbase
Hydrocyon brevis Günther 1864
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Hydrocyon brevis Günther 1864
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Hydrocyon forskalii
Misapplied according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Hydrocyon somonorum Daget 1954
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Hydrocyon somonorum Daget 1954
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024 and Fishbase

Common Names

English

Tiger fish
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Tiger-fish
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Tiger Fish preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Dog fish preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
Nile tigerfish
prefer
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
Sahelian tigerfish
prefer
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Arabic

Kalb el bahr
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Kas
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Kass
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
رشال قصير preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

тигрова риба preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

短身狗脂鯉 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

afrotetra krátká preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
binga krátká preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Estonian

Saheli vesihunt preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Ewe

Tsinu vowo
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Tsinuvuwo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Soukkatiikeritetra preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Hausa

Zawai preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Igbo

Owulueze preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Wolof

Guer preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Yoruba

Ijakere preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Arz

رشال قصير preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

短身狗脂鲤 preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
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Curated hierarchies for Hydrocynus brevis (Günther 1864)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Otomorpha
Ostariophysi
Characiformes
Characoidei
Alestidae
Hydrocynus
Hydrocynus brevis (Günther 1864) (this page)
Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier 1819)
Hydrocynus goliath (Boulenger 1898)
Hydrocynus tanzaniae Brewster 1986
Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau 1861

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Characiformes
Alestidae
Hydrocynus
Hydrocynus brevis (Günther 1864) (this page)
Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier 1819)
Hydrocynus goliath (Boulenger 1898)
Hydrocynus tanzaniae Brewster 1986
Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau 1861

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Hydrocynus brevis (Günther 1864) (this page)
Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier 1819)
Hydrocynus goliath (Boulenger 1898)
Hydrocynus tanzaniae Brewster 1986
Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau 1861

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Hydrocynus brevis (Günther 1864) (this page)
Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier 1819)
Hydrocynus goliath (Boulenger 1898)
Hydrocynus tanzaniae Brewster 1986
Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau 1861

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Characiformes
Alestidae
Hydrocynus Cuvier 1816
Hydrocynus brevis (Günther 1864) (this page)
Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier 1819)
Hydrocynus goliath (Boulenger 1898)
Hydrocynus tanzaniae Brewster 1986
Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau 1861

iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Life
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Actinopterygii
Ostariophysi
Characiformes
Characoidei
Alestidae
Hydrocynus
Hydrocynus brevis (this page)
Hydrocynus forskahlii
Hydrocynus goliath
Hydrocynus tanzaniae
Hydrocynus vittatus

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Teleostei
Ostariophysi
Characiformes
Alestiidae
Hydrocynus Cuvier 1816
Hydrocynus brevis (Günther 1864) (this page)
Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier 1819)
Hydrocynus goliath (Boulenger 1898)
Hydrocynus tanzaniae Brewster 1986
Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau 1861

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Characiformes
Alestidae
Hydrocynus brevis (Günther 1864) (this page)
Alestes baremoze (Joannis 1835)
Alestes bouboni Roman 1973
Alestes dentex (Linnaeus 1758)
Alestes liebrechtsii Boulenger 1898
Alestes macrophthalmus Günther 1867
Alestopetersius bifasciatus (Poll 1967)
Alestopetersius brichardi Poll 1967
Alestopetersius caudalis (Boulenger 1899)
Alestopetersius compressus (Poll & Gosse 1963)
Alestopetersius hilgendorfi (Boulenger 1899)
Alestopetersius leopoldianus (Boulenger 1899)
Alestopetersius nigropterus Poll 1967
Alestopetersius smykalai Poll 1967
Alestopetersius tumbensis Hoedeman 1951
Arnoldichthys spilopterus (Boulenger 1909)
Bathyaethiops breuseghemi (Poll 1945)
Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus (Pellegrin 1925)
Bathyaethiops greeni Fowler 1949
Brachypetersius cadwaladeri (Fowler 1930)
Brachypetersius gabonensis Poll 1967
Brachypetersius huloti (Poll 1954)
Brachypetersius notospilus (Pellegrin 1930)
Brachypetersius pseudonummifer Poll 1967
Brycinus abeli (Fowler 1936)
Brycinus affinis (Günther 1894)
Brycinus bartoni (Nichols & La Monte 1953)
Brycinus bimaculatus Boulenger 1899
Brycinus brevis (Boulenger 1903)
Brycinus carmesinus Nichols & Griscom 1917
Brycinus carolinae (Paugy & Lévêque 1981)
Brycinus comptus Roberts & Stewart 1976
Brycinus ferox (Hopson & Hopson 1982)
Brycinus fwaensis Géry 1995
Brycinus grandisquamis (Boulenger 1899)
Brycinus imberi (Peters 1852)
Brycinus intermedius (Boulenger 1903)
Brycinus jacksonii (Boulenger 1912)
Brycinus kingsleyae (Günther 1896)
Brycinus lateralis (Boulenger 1900)
Brycinus leuciscus (Günther 1867)
Brycinus luteus (Roman 1966)
Brycinus macrolepidotus Valenciennes 1850
Brycinus minutus (Hopson & Hopson 1982)
Brycinus nigricauda (Thys van den Audenaerde 1974)
Brycinus nurse (Rüppell 1832)
Brycinus opisthotaenia (Boulenger 1903)
Brycinus peringueyi Boulenger 1923
Brycinus poptae (Pellegrin 1906)
Brycinus rhodopleura (Boulenger 1906)
Brycinus sadleri (Boulenger 1906)
Brycinus taeniurus (Günther 1867)
Brycinus tholloni (Pellegrin 1901)
Bryconaethiops boulengeri Pellegrin 1900
Bryconaethiops macrops Boulenger 1920
Bryconaethiops microstoma Günther 1873
Bryconaethiops quinquesquamae Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1990
Bryconalestes derhami (Géry & Mahnert 1977)
Bryconalestes longipinnis (Günther 1864)
Clupeocharax schoutedeni Pellegrin 1926
Hemigrammopetersius pulcher (Boulenger 1909)
Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier 1819)
Hydrocynus goliath Boulenger 1898
Hydrocynus tanzaniae Brewster 1986
Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau 1861
Ladigesia roloffi Géry 1968
Lepidarchus adonis Roberts 1966
Micralestes acutidens (Peters 1852)
Micralestes ambiguus Géry 1995
Micralestes comoensis Poll & Roman 1967
Micralestes congicus Poll 1967
Micralestes eburneensis Daget 1965
Micralestes elongatus Daget 1957
Micralestes fodori Matthes 1965
Micralestes holargyreus (Günther 1873)
Micralestes humilis Boulenger 1899
Micralestes lualabae Poll 1967
Micralestes occidentalis (Günther 1899)
Micralestes pabrensis (Roman 1966)
Micralestes sardina Poll 1938
Micralestes schelly Stiassny & Mamonekene 2007
Micralestes stormsi Boulenger 1902
Nannopetersius lamberti Poll 1967
Petersius conserialis Hilgendorf 1894
Phenacogrammus altus (Boulenger 1899)
Phenacogrammus ansorgii (Boulenger 1910)
Phenacogrammus aurantiacus (Pellegrin 1930)
Phenacogrammus bleheri Géry 1995
Phenacogrammus deheyni Poll 1945
Phenacogrammus interruptus (Boulenger 1899)
Phenacogrammus major (Boulenger 1903)
Phenacogrammus polli Lambert 1961
Phenacogrammus stigmatura (Fowler 1936)
Phenacogrammus taeniatus Géry 1996
Phenacogrammus urotaenia (Boulenger 1909)
Rhabdalestes aeratis Stiassny & Schaefer 2005
Rhabdalestes brevidorsalis (Pellegrin 1921)
Rhabdalestes leleupi Poll 1967
Rhabdalestes rhodesiensis (Ricardo-Bertram 1943)
Rhabdalestes septentrionalis (Boulenger 1911)
Tricuspidalestes caeruleus (Matthes 1964)
8 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Actinopterygii
Actinopteri
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Osteoglossocephalai
Clupeocephala
Otomorpha
Ostariophysi
Otophysi
Characiphysae
Characiformes
Characoidei
Alestidae
Hydrocynus
Hydrocynus brevis (this page)
Hydrocynus forskahlii
Hydrocynus goliath
Hydrocynus tanzaniae
Hydrocynus vittatus
unclassified Hydrocynus

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Ostariophysi
Characiformes
Alestidae
Hydrocynus
Hydrocynus brevis (this page)
Hydrocynus forskahlii
Hydrocynus goliath
Hydrocynus humeralis
Hydrocynus lucius
Hydrocynus somonorum
Hydrocynus tanzaniae
Hydrocynus vittatus

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Ostariophysi
Characiformes
Alestidae
Hydrocynus
Hydrocynus somonorum (this page)
Hydrocynus brevis
Hydrocynus forskahlii
Hydrocynus goliath
Hydrocynus humeralis
Hydrocynus lucius
Hydrocynus tanzaniae
Hydrocynus vittatus
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