🐟Hydrocynus goliath
Le poisson tigre goliath (Hydrocynus goliath) ou encore Poisson-chien et appelé localement mbenga est une espèce de poissons d'eau douce. Il se rencontre dans les grands lacs africains et les principaux fleuves. Il fait partie de l'ordre des Characiformes et de la famille des Alestidés.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 50 kg
- Body length
- 1.33 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Everything we know about the Hydrocynus goliath
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass50 kgmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
Body length1.33 mmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic level3.79FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 3.79 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l50 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Hydrocynus goliath yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›orderCharaciformes
- ›familyAlestidae
- ›genusHydrocynus
- ›speciesHydrocynus goliath
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- superorderCharaciphysae
- orderCharaciformes
- genusHydrocynus
All 11 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- superorderCharaciphysae
- orderCharaciformes
- genusHydrocynus
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