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Elongate tigerfish

Hydrocynus forskahlii

Where to fish

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Local names

A name can refer to different fish in different places.

NameRegionSource
Elongate tigerfishKenyaReference
Elongate tigerfishGlobalReference
Tiger fishGhanaReference
TigerfishZimbabweReference

Seasons

A species-wide fishing season is not verified. Use the destination guide and local agency for the water and dates you choose.

Regulations and identification

Source records

Country occurrence records

Angola · Benin · Burkina Faso · Cameroon · Centr. Af. Rp. · Chad · Congo (DR;Kin.) · Egypt · Ethiopia · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Ivory coast · Kenya · Liberia · Mali · Mauritania · Niger · Nigeria · Senegal · Sierra Leone · Sudan (North) · Sudan (South) · Togo · Uganda · Zambia

A country record does not establish local abundance, fishing access or a legal target.