Hepsetus

Hepsetus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Hepsetidae
Genus:	Hepsetus Swainson, 1838

Hepsetus, the African pikes, is a genus of African fishes in the characin order, Characiformes. It is the sole genus in the family Hepsetidae and until 2011 was considered to be monotypic. It now is considered to consist of two described species.

Species

Hepsetus akawo Decru, Vreven & Snoeks, 2011^[1]
Hepsetus odoe (Bloch, 1794) (Kafue pike)

References

Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Hepsetus in FishBase. October 2011 version.

^ Decru, E., Vreven, E. & Snoeks, J. (2011): A revision of the West African Hepsetus (Characiformes: Hepsetidae) with a description of Hepsetus akawo sp. nov. and a redescription of Hepsetus odoe (Bloch, 1794). Journal of Natural History, 46 (1-2) [2012]: 1-23.