Order | Family | Species | Occurrence | FishBase name | Name in Country |
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Siluriformes | Clariidae | Heterobranchus longifilis | native | Sampa | |
Osteoglossiformes | Arapaimidae | Heterotis niloticus | native | African bonytongue | |
Characiformes | Alestidae | Hydrocynus brevis | native | Tiger-fish | |
Characiformes | Alestidae | Hydrocynus forskahlii | native | Elongate tigerfish | |
Characiformes | Alestidae | Hydrocynus vittatus | native | Tiger fish | |
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Hyperopisus bebe | native | ||
Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Labeo parvus | native | ||
Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Labeo senegalensis | native | ||
Carangaria/misc | Latidae | Lates niloticus | native | Nile perch | |
Cypriniformes | Danionidae | Leptocypris niloticus | native | ||
Siluriformes | Malapteruridae | Malapterurus electricus | native | Electric catfish | |
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Marcusenius abadii | native | ||
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Marcusenius cyprinoides | native | ||
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Marcusenius mento | native | ||
Synbranchiformes | Mastacembelidae | Mastacembelus loennbergii | native | ||
Characiformes | Alestidae | Micralestes acutidens | questionable | Sharptooth tetra | |
Characiformes | Alestidae | Micralestes elongatus | native | Elongated Turkana robber | |
Characiformes | Alestidae | Micralestes occidentalis | native | ||
Cyprinodontiformes | Procatopodidae | Micropanchax pfaffi | native | Pfaff's lampeye | |
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Mormyrops anguilloides | native | Cornish jack | |
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Mormyrops caballus | native | ||
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Mormyrus hasselquistii | native | Elephant snout | |
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Mormyrus macrophthalmus | native | ||
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Mormyrus rume | native | Mormyrids | |
Characiformes | Distichodontidae | Nannocharax fasciatus | native | ||
Characiformes | Distichodontidae | Nannocharax occidentalis | native | ||
Cyprinodontiformes | Nothobranchiidae | Nothobranchius thierryi | native | Togo Killifish | |
Cypriniformes | Danionidae | Opsaridium ubangiense | native | ||
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Oreochromis aureus | native | Blue tilapia | |
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Oreochromis niloticus | native | Nile tilapia | |
Osteoglossiformes | Notopteridae | Papyrocranus afer | native | Reticulate knifefish | |
Anabantiformes | Channidae | Parachanna obscura | native | African obscure snakehead | |
Siluriformes | Schilbeidae | Parailia pellucida | native | Glass schilbid | |
Clupeiformes | Dorosomatidae | Pellonula leonensis | native | Smalltoothed pellonula | |
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Petrocephalus ansorgii | native | ||
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Petrocephalus bane | native | ||
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Petrocephalus bovei | native | ||
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Petrocephalus pallidomaculatus | native | ||
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Petrocephalus soudanensis | native | ||
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Pollimyrus isidori | native | Elephant Fish | |
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Pollimyrus petricolus | native | ||
Polypteriformes | Polypteridae | Polypterus senegalus | native | Gray bichir | |
Cyprinodontiformes | Procatopodidae | Poropanchax normani | native | Norman's lampeye | |
Cyprinodontiformes | Nothobranchiidae | Pronothobranchius chirioi | native | ||
Cyprinodontiformes | Nothobranchiidae | Pronothobranchius kiyawensis | misidentification | ||
Ceratodontiformes | Protopteridae | Protopterus annectens | native | West African lungfish | |
Characiformes | Alestidae | Rhabdalestes septentrionalis | native | ||
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Sarotherodon galilaeus | native | Mango tilapia | |
Siluriformes | Schilbeidae | Schilbe intermedius | native | Silver catfish | |
Siluriformes | Schilbeidae | Schilbe mystus | native | African butter catfish |