| Alestes baremoze |
Silversides |
Alestidae |
benthopelagic |
43.0 TL |
3.0 |
native |
| Alestes dentex |
Characin |
Alestidae |
pelagic |
55.0 TL |
2.9 |
native |
| Auchenoglanis biscutatus |
|
Claroteidae |
demersal |
54.0 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Auchenoglanis occidentalis |
Bubu |
Claroteidae |
demersal |
70.0 SL |
2.9 |
native |
| Bagrus bajad |
Bayad |
Bagridae |
demersal |
112.0 FL |
4.0 |
native |
| Bagrus docmak |
Semutundu |
Bagridae |
benthopelagic |
127.0 TL |
4.1 |
native |
| Brycinus macrolepidotus |
True big-scale tetra |
Alestidae |
pelagic |
53.0 SL |
2.8 |
native |
| Brycinus nurse |
Nurse tetra |
Alestidae |
pelagic |
25.0 TL |
2.5 |
native |
| Campylomormyrus tamandua |
Wormjawed mormyrid |
Mormyridae |
demersal |
43.0 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Chrysichthys auratus |
Golden Nile catfish |
Claroteidae |
demersal |
57.0 TL |
3.7 |
native |
| Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus |
Belly up |
Claroteidae |
demersal |
65.0 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Citharinops distichodoides |
|
Citharinidae |
demersal |
84.0 SL |
2.0 |
native |
| Citharinus citharus |
Moon fish |
Citharinidae |
demersal |
58.0 SL |
2.0 |
native |
| Clarias anguillaris |
Mudfish |
Clariidae |
demersal |
100.0 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Clarias gariepinus |
North African catfish |
Clariidae |
benthopelagic |
170.0 TL |
3.8 |
native |
| Clarias macromystax |
|
Clariidae |
demersal |
31.6 TL |
3.4 |
native |
| Clarotes laticeps |
Widehead catfish |
Claroteidae |
demersal |
80.0 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Clypeobarbus hypsolepis |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
3.3 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Coptodon dageti |
|
Cichlidae |
demersal |
40.0 TL |
2.4 |
native |
| Coptodon zillii |
Redbelly tilapia |
Cichlidae |
benthopelagic |
40.0 SL |
2.5 |
native |
| Distichodus rostratus |
Grass-eater |
Distichodontidae |
demersal |
76.0 TL |
2.6 |
native |
| Gymnarchus niloticus |
Aba |
Gymnarchidae |
demersal |
167.0 SL |
3.7 |
native |
| Hemichromis fasciatus |
Banded jewelfish |
Cichlidae |
benthopelagic |
21.0 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Heterobranchus bidorsalis |
African catfish |
Clariidae |
demersal |
150.0 TL |
3.7 |
native |
| Heterobranchus longifilis |
Sampa |
Clariidae |
demersal |
150.0 SL |
3.7 |
native |
| Heterotis niloticus |
African bonytongue |
Arapaimidae |
pelagic |
100.0 SL |
2.7 |
native |
| Hydrocynus brevis |
Tiger-fish |
Alestidae |
pelagic |
86.0 TL |
3.4 |
native |
| Hydrocynus forskahlii |
Elongate tigerfish |
Alestidae |
pelagic |
78.0 SL |
4.0 |
native |
| Hyperopisus bebe |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
51.0 SL |
3.6 |
native |
| Labeo coubie |
African carp |
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
75.0 SL |
2.0 |
native |
| Labeo senegalensis |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
65.0 TL |
2.1 |
native |
| Lates niloticus |
Nile perch |
Latidae |
demersal |
200.0 TL |
4.5 |
native |
| Leptocypris niloticus |
|
Danionidae |
demersal |
9.5 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Malapterurus electricus |
Electric catfish |
Malapteruridae |
benthopelagic |
122.0 SL |
2.9 |
native |
| Malapterurus minjiriya |
|
Malapteruridae |
benthopelagic |
51.0 SL |
3.5 |
native |
| Marcusenius kainjii |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
30.0 TL |
3.1 |
endemic |
| Mochokus niloticus |
|
Mochokidae |
demersal |
6.5 TL |
2.9 |
native |
| Mormyrus macrophthalmus |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
30.0 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Mormyrus rume |
Mormyrids |
Mormyridae |
demersal |
100.0 SL |
2.5 |
native |
| Neolebias unifasciatus |
|
Distichodontidae |
pelagic |
4.2 SL |
3.5 |
native |
| Oreochromis aureus |
Blue tilapia |
Cichlidae |
benthopelagic |
45.7 TL |
2.1 |
native |
| Oreochromis niloticus |
Nile tilapia |
Cichlidae |
benthopelagic |
60.0 SL |
2.0 |
native |
| Parachanna obscura |
African obscure snakehead |
Channidae |
demersal |
50.0 SL |
3.4 |
native |
| Paradistichodus dimidiatus |
|
Distichodontidae |
demersal |
7.6 TL |
3.0 |
native |
| Parailia pellucida |
Glass schilbid |
Schilbeidae |
demersal |
12.0 SL |
3.5 |
native |
| Pellonula leonensis |
Smalltoothed pellonula |
Dorosomatidae |
pelagic |
12.1 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Polypterus ansorgii |
Guinean bichir |
Polypteridae |
demersal |
28.0 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Polypterus bichir |
Nile bichir |
Polypteridae |
demersal |
74.0 TL |
4.5 |
native |
| Polypterus endlicherii |
Saddled bichir |
Polypteridae |
demersal |
65.5 SL |
3.8 |
native |
| Polypterus senegalus |
Gray bichir |
Polypteridae |
demersal |
70.0 SL |
3.5 |
native |
| Protopterus annectens |
West African lungfish |
Protopteridae |
demersal |
100.0 TL |
3.6 |
native |
| Sarotherodon galilaeus |
Mango tilapia |
Cichlidae |
demersal |
39.5 TL |
2.2 |
native |
| Schilbe intermedius |
Silver catfish |
Schilbeidae |
pelagic |
50.0 SL |
3.6 |
native |
| Schilbe mystus |
African butter catfish |
Schilbeidae |
demersal |
35.0 SL |
3.5 |
native |
| Schilbe uranoscopus |
|
Schilbeidae |
demersal |
36.0 SL |
3.4 |
native |
| Sierrathrissa leonensis |
West African pygmy herring |
Dorosomatidae |
pelagic |
3.0 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Siluranodon auritus |
|
Schilbeidae |
demersal |
14.0 SL |
2.9 |
native |
| Synodontis batensoda |
Upsidedown catfish |
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
20.5 SL |
2.8 |
native |
| Synodontis budgetti |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
40.0 SL |
2.8 |
native |
| Synodontis clarias |
Mandi |
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
36.0 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Synodontis filamentosus |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
26.0 SL |
2.8 |
native |
| Synodontis membranaceus |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
46.0 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Synodontis ocellifer |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
49.0 TL |
3.1 |
native |
| Synodontis schall |
Wahrindi |
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
37.0 SL |
2.9 |
native |
| Synodontis vermiculatus |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
50.0 SL |
2.8 |
native |