Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Nannostomus_trifasciatus/
Title: Freshwater/Fish
Species #: 29
Common Name: African Pike Scientific Name: Hepsetus odoe Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Hepsetidae
Geography / Habitat: The African Pike is most commonly found in West African rivers. Normally found on banks of rivers and in highly vegetated areas, but can also be found in swampy environments.
Life Strategy: Where the African Pike live is what determines when they spawn. Females lay anywhere from 5,000-6,400 eggs.
Food / Feed Strategy: The African Pike feeds mainly on smaller fish of its own species. They usually hide in deep vegetation areas and then attack their food. They don’t go out into open waters much because that is where they would find all there predators.
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Body Form or Style: Compresifrom Swim / Locomotion Style: Subcarangiform Mouth Position: Terminal