🐟Hydrocynus goliath
Риба голіаф або тигрова риба голіаф (Hydrocynus goliath) — вид променеперих риб-хижаків родини африканських тетр Alestidae. Водиться у водах Африки: басейн річки Конго, озеро Танганьїка. Вперше була виявлена в 1861 році. Назву отримала на честь величезного зросту (2 метри) біблійного воїна Голіафа. Найнебезпечніша прісноводна риба в світі. Екстремальна ловля цієї риби є досить популярною.
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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 ↑
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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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