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Kafue Pike

Hepsetus odoe (Bloch 1794)

body shape

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bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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diet includes

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fish
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q152

Definition: vertebrate animal that lives in water and (typically) has gills

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habitat

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freshwater
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873

Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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tropical
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000204

Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl

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freshwater
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873

Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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swamp
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000233

Definition: A wetland that features permanent inundation of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water, generally with a substantial number of hummocks, or dry-land protrusions.

Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl

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locomotion

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swimming
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0036268

Definition: Self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through water, often by means of active fin movement.

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motility

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actively mobile
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile

Definition: uses self-propelled locomotion to change location on a regular basis

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native range includes

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Ethiopia
URI: http://www.geonames.org/337996

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parental care

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paternal care
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/paternalCare

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female provides care
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/parentalCareFemale

Definition: the female feeds and nurtures offspring

Attribution: Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109

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trophic guild

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piscivore
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1420208

Definition: carnivorous animal which eats primarily fish.

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carnivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875

Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue

Attribution: Crustacean body sizes

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