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The different species tigerfish are among the most important and popular game fish species in Africa and as a result they are an important asset to the various tourist industries. They are also one of the most important components of commercial freshwater catches in Africa.
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505:Encyclopædia Britannica
857:Freshwater fish genera
545:10.1006/jfbi.1994.1121
806:Paleobiology Database
524:Hydrocynus forskahlii
338:Hydrocynus forskahlii
862:Characiformes genera
404:Notes and references
367:Hydrocynus tanzaniae
348:(Elongate tigerfish)
285:, while lineages of
253:Evolutionary history
180:Hydrocyon forskahlii
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460:2011PLoSO...628775G
395:Economic importance
390:(Striped tigerfish)
381:Hydrocynus vittatus
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605:"tigerfish"
372:B. Brewster
333:(Tigerfish)
269:, Maronga,
247:H. vittatus
243:piscivorous
142:Subfamily:
43:H. vittatus
841:Categories
681:Hydrocynus
667:Hydrocynus
637:Hydrocynus
583:Hydrocynus
442:Hydrocynus
315:Hydrocynus
279:Hydrocynus
259:Hydrocynus
239:Hydrocynus
206:Hydrocynus
157:Hydrocynus
61:H. goliath
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872:Predators
847:Alestidae
386:Castelnau
358:Boulenger
344:G. Cuvier
301:and the "
287:H. brevis
235:game fish
231:tigerfish
219:Alestidae
146:Alestinae
136:Alestidae
92:Kingdom:
86:Eukaryota
55:H. brevis
646:Wikidata
590:FishBase
488:22194910
448:PLOS ONE
303:vittatus
295:Pliocene
191:Species
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106:Chordata
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652:Q345896
479:3237550
456:Bibcode
346:, 1819)
331:, 1864)
329:Günther
309:Species
275:Semliki
271:Turkana
152:Genus:
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112:Class:
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374:, 1986
360:, 1898
245:, but
223:Africa
165:, 1816
163:Cuvier
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211:genus
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