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Hepsetus odoe in Botswana
Kafue pike

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Hepsetus odoe   (Bloch, 1794)
Family:	Hepsetidae (African pikes)			picture (Heodo_u2.jpg) by JJPhoto
Order:	Characiformes  (characins)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Kafue pike
Max. size:	70.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 3569); max. published weight: 4,000 g (Ref. 3569); max. reported age: 5 years
Environment:	demersal; potamodromous; pH range: 6 - 7.5; dH range: 18
Climate:	tropical; 26 - 28°C
Global Importance:	fisheries: subsistence fisheries; aquarium: commercial
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.27; tmax=5)
Distribution:	Africa: widespread from Senegal to Angola including Niger, Volta, Chad, Ogowe, Democratic Republic of the Congo and upper Zambezi Rivers; as well as in the Cunene, Okavango, and Kafue systems. Widespread in central and west Africa. Absent in the Nile River; Zambian Congo and the Great Lakes (Ref. 7248).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-9; Anal spines: 2-3; Anal soft rays: 9-9; Vertebrae: 45-49. Accessory ectopterygoids. Sensory canal on supraoperculum. Nasals close to each other. Triangular dermic fold on lower jaw and small and rounded on upper. Body depth 4.5-5.8 x SL. Head 3-3.7 x SL. Eye diameter 6-8 x head length. Skeletal formula 8-10/51-58/7-9, 4. Area above eye red-orange marks. Light and dark bands radiating behind eye. Black adipose fin. Pink to grayish fins. Adults may have black spots on paired fins.
Biology:	Occurs in most coastal rivers, lakes and swamps (Ref. 3569). Prefers quiet, deep water, like channels and lagoons of large floodplains. Juveniles and fry inhabit well-vegetated marginal habitats. Adults feed on fish, juveniles feed on small invertebrates and fish. Multiple spawner; breeds over the summer months. Relatively short-lived, only 4-5 years (Ref. 7248). Also caught with drawnets
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Paugy, D.. 1990. (Ref. 2914)
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Botswana country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Known from the Okavango Delta in the Boteti River, Thamalakane River, Nxaraga Lagoon, Xakanixa Lagoon, Magwexana Lagoon, perennial swamp rain pools, mainstream channel and Dungu Lagoon.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bc.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Merron, G.S. and M.N. Bruton, 1995
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	Entered:  Torres, Armi G.

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