Table Of Contents
- Overview
- Description
- Ecology and Distribution
- Evolution and Systematics
- Catalogue of Life Synonyms
- Relevance
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- References and More Information
- Specialist Projects
- Common Names
Overview
Biology
Source and Additional Information
FishBase 
See FishBase for additional references
Some rights reserved
An uncommon species which inhabits large rivers (Ref. 4967). Is the largest freshwater species in southern Africa. Occurs in large deep rivers within the mainstream or in deep pools and lakes. Most active at night, feeding on any available food, including invertebrates and insects when small, fish and other small vertebrates when large. Scavenges off large carcasses and offal from riverside villages. Live for 12 or more years (Ref. 7248).
Explore
|
|
Oxyurichthys tentacularis (Valenciennes, 1837)
Tentacled goby |
|
|
Tylosurus acus subsp. melanotus (Bleeker, 1850)
Keel-jawed needle fish |
|
|
Gymnothorax breedeni McCosker & Randall, 1977
Blackcheek moray |
|
|
Siphamia versicolor (Smith & Radcliffe, 1911)
Sea urchin cardinalfish |
|
|
Trisopterus minutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Poor cod |