Order | Family | Species | Occurrence | FishBase name | Name in Country |
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Characiformes | Alestidae | Alestes baremoze | native | Silversides | |
Characiformes | Alestidae | Alestes dentex | native | Characin | |
Siluriformes | Amphiliidae | Amphilius atesuensis | native | ||
Siluriformes | Amphiliidae | Amphilius platychir | native | Mountain barbel | |
Siluriformes | Amphiliidae | Amphilius rheophilus | native | ||
Siluriformes | Amphiliidae | Andersonia leptura | native | ||
Siluriformes | Claroteidae | Auchenoglanis biscutatus | native | ||
Siluriformes | Bagridae | Bagrus bajad | native | Bayad | Samon |
Siluriformes | Bagridae | Bagrus docmak | native | Semutundu | |
Siluriformes | Bagridae | Bagrus filamentosus | native | Samon | |
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Brevimyrus niger | native | ||
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Brienomyrus longianalis | native | ||
Characiformes | Alestidae | Brycinus leuciscus | native | ||
Characiformes | Alestidae | Brycinus macrolepidotus | native | True big-scale tetra | |
Characiformes | Alestidae | Brycinus nurse | native | Nurse tetra | |
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Campylomormyrus tamandua | native | Wormjawed mormyrid | |
Siluriformes | Ariidae | Carlarius gigas | native | Giant sea catfish | |
Cypriniformes | Danionidae | Chelaethiops bibie | native | Lake Turkana sardine | |
Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Chiloglanis batesii | native | ||
Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Chiloglanis niloticus | native | ||
Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Chiloglanis waterloti | native | ||
Siluriformes | Claroteidae | Chrysichthys auratus | native | Golden Nile catfish | |
Siluriformes | Claroteidae | Chrysichthys maurus | native | ||
Siluriformes | Claroteidae | Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus | native | Belly up | |
Characiformes | Citharinidae | Citharinus citharus | native | Moon fish | |
Characiformes | Citharinidae | Citharinus latus | native | ||
Siluriformes | Clariidae | Clarias anguillaris | native | Mudfish | |
Siluriformes | Clariidae | Clarias gariepinus | native | North African catfish | |
Siluriformes | Claroteidae | Clarotes laticeps | native | Widehead catfish | |
Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Clypeobarbus hypsolepis | native | ||
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Coptodon dageti | native | ||
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Coptodon zillii | native | Redbelly tilapia | |
Gonorynchiformes | Kneriidae | Cromeria occidentalis | native | ||
Anabantiformes | Anabantidae | Ctenopoma kingsleyae | native | Tailspot ctenopoma | |
Anabantiformes | Anabantidae | Ctenopoma petherici | native | ||
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Cyphomyrus psittacus | native | ||
Characiformes | Distichodontidae | Distichodus brevipinnis | native | ||
Characiformes | Distichodontidae | Distichodus engycephalus | native | Perch | |
Characiformes | Distichodontidae | Distichodus rostratus | native | Grass-eater | |
Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Enteromius ablabes | native | ||
Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Enteromius anema | native | ||
Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Enteromius baudoni | native | ||
Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Enteromius callipterus | native | Clipper barb | |
Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Enteromius eburneensis | native | ||
Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Enteromius foutensis | native | ||
Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Enteromius leonensis | native | ||
Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Enteromius macinensis | native | ||
Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Enteromius macrops | native | Blackstripe barb | |
Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Enteromius niokoloensis | native | ||
Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Enteromius perince | native | ||
Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Enteromius pobeguini | native | ||
Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Enteromius punctitaeniatus | native | ||
Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Enteromius stigmatopygus | native | ||
Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Enteromius sublineatus | native | ||
Cyprinodontiformes | Nothobranchiidae | Epiplatys bifasciatus | native | ||
Cyprinodontiformes | Nothobranchiidae | Epiplatys spilargyreius | native | ||
Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Garra waterloti | native | ||
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Gobiocichla wonderi | native | ||
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Hemichromis fasciatus | native | Banded jewelfish | |
Siluriformes | Clariidae | Heterobranchus bidorsalis | native | African catfish | |
Siluriformes | Clariidae | Heterobranchus longifilis | native | Sampa | |
Osteoglossiformes | Arapaimidae | Heterotis niloticus | native | African bonytongue | Fana |
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Hippopotamyrus pictus | native | ||
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 | ||
Gobiiformes | Butidae | Kribia kribensis | native | ||
Gobiiformes | Butidae | Kribia nana | native | ||
Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Labeo coubie | native | African carp | |
Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Labeo parvus | native | ||
Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Labeo roseopunctatus | 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 | |
Siluriformes | Malapteruridae | Malapterurus minjiriya | native | ||
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Marcusenius deboensis | native | ||
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Marcusenius mento | native | ||
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Marcusenius senegalensis | native | ||
Synbranchiformes | Mastacembelidae | Mastacembelus praensis | native | ||
Characiformes | Alestidae | Micralestes elongatus | native | Elongated Turkana robber | |
Characiformes | Alestidae | Micralestes occidentalis | native | ||
Cyprinodontiformes | Procatopodidae | Micropanchax ehrichi | endemic | ||
Cyprinodontiformes | Procatopodidae | Micropanchax pfaffi | native | Pfaff's lampeye | |
Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Mochokus niloticus | native | ||
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Mormyrops anguilloides | native | Cornish jack | |
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Mormyrops caballus | native | ||
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Mormyrops oudoti | native | ||
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Mormyrus rume | native | Mormyrids | |
Characiformes | Distichodontidae | Nannocharax ansorgii | native | ||
Characiformes | Distichodontidae | Nannocharax fasciatus | native | ||
Characiformes | Distichodontidae | Nannocharax lineomaculatus | native | ||
Characiformes | Distichodontidae | Nannocharax occidentalis | native | ||
Characiformes | Distichodontidae | Neolebias unifasciatus | native | ||
Cyprinodontiformes | Nothobranchiidae | Nothobranchius thierryi | native | Togo Killifish | |
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 | |
Characiformes | Distichodontidae | Paradistichodus dimidiatus | native | ||
Siluriformes | Schilbeidae | Parailia pellucida | native | Glass schilbid | |
Clupeiformes | Dorosomatidae | Pellonula leonensis | native | Smalltoothed pellonula | |
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Petrocephalus ansorgii | native | ||
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Petrocephalus bovei | native | ||
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Petrocephalus pallidomaculatus | native | ||
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Petrocephalus soudanensis | native | ||
Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Pollimyrus petricolus | native | ||
Polypteriformes | Polypteridae | Polypterus endlicherii | native | Saddled bichir | |
Polypteriformes | Polypteridae | Polypterus senegalus | native | Gray bichir | |
Cyprinodontiformes | Procatopodidae | Poropanchax normani | native | Norman's lampeye | |
Ceratodontiformes | Protopteridae | Protopterus annectens | native | West African lungfish | Wõndo |
Cypriniformes | Danionidae | Raiamas nigeriensis | native | ||
Cypriniformes | Danionidae | Raiamas senegalensis | native | Senegal minnow | |
Characiformes | Alestidae | Rhabdalestes septentrionalis | native | ||
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Rubricatochromis bimaculatus | native | Jewelfish | |
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Sarotherodon galilaeus | native | Mango tilapia | |
Siluriformes | Schilbeidae | Schilbe intermedius | native | Silver catfish | |
Siluriformes | Schilbeidae | Schilbe mystus | native | African butter catfish | |
Cyprinodontiformes | Nothobranchiidae | Scriptaphyosemion guignardi | native | ||
Siluriformes | Schilbeidae | Siluranodon auritus | native | ||
Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis batensoda | native | Upsidedown catfish | |
Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis budgetti | native | ||
Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis clarias | native | Mandi | |
Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis courteti | native | ||
Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis eupterus | native | Featherfin squeaker | |
Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis filamentosus | native | ||
Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis gobroni | endemic | ||
Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis membranaceus | native | ||
Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis nigrita | native | ||
Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis ocellifer | native | ||
Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis resupinatus | native | ||
Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis schall | native | Wahrindi | |
Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis sorex | native | ||
Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis vermiculatus | native | ||
Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis violaceus | native | ||
Tetraodontiformes | Tetraodontidae | Tetraodon lineatus | native | Globe fish | |
Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Tylochromis sudanensis | native |