| Alestes baremoze |
Silversides |
Alestidae |
benthopelagic |
43.0 TL |
3.0 |
native |
| Alestes dentex |
Characin |
Alestidae |
pelagic |
55.0 TL |
2.9 |
native |
| Alestopetersius smykalai |
|
Alestidae |
pelagic |
6.0 TL |
3.1 |
endemic |
| Amphilius atesuensis |
|
Amphiliidae |
demersal |
9.3 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Amphilius platychir |
Mountain barbel |
Amphiliidae |
demersal |
9.2 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Amphilius rheophilus |
|
Amphiliidae |
demersal |
12.2 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Andersonia leptura |
|
Amphiliidae |
demersal |
4.6 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Aphyosemion bitaeniatum |
Two-striped Aphyosemion |
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
5.0 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Aphyosemion calliurum |
Banner lyretail |
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
5.0 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Aphyosemion elberti |
Red barred killi |
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
4.0 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Aplocheilichthys spilauchen |
Banded lampeye |
Procatopodidae |
benthopelagic |
8.0 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Archiaphyosemion guineense |
Guinean killi |
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
7.0 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Arnoldichthys spilopterus |
Niger tetra |
Alestidae |
pelagic |
9.6 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Astatotilapia bloyeti |
Bloyet's haplo |
Cichlidae |
benthopelagic |
15.0 SL |
3.0 |
misidentification |
| Auchenoglanis biscutatus |
|
Claroteidae |
demersal |
54.0 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Auchenoglanis occidentalis |
Bubu |
Claroteidae |
demersal |
70.0 SL |
2.9 |
native |
| Awaous lateristriga |
West African freshwater goby |
Gobiidae |
demersal |
14.0 SL |
2.3 |
native |
| Bagrus bajad |
Bayad |
Bagridae |
demersal |
112.0 FL |
4.0 |
native |
| Bagrus docmak |
Semutundu |
Bagridae |
benthopelagic |
127.0 TL |
4.1 |
native |
| Bagrus filamentosus |
|
Bagridae |
demersal |
69.0 TL |
3.9 |
native |
| Barboides gracilis |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
1.8 SL |
2.0 |
native |
| Bathygobius soporator |
Frillfin goby |
Gobiidae |
demersal |
15.0 TL |
3.7 |
native |
| Bostrychus africanus |
|
Butidae |
demersal |
21.0 TL |
4.0 |
native |
| Brevimyrus niger |
|
Mormyridae |
benthopelagic |
15.0 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Brienomyrus brachyistius |
|
Mormyridae |
benthopelagic |
20.0 TL |
2.8 |
native |
| Brienomyrus longianalis |
|
Mormyridae |
benthopelagic |
16.0 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Brycinus brevis |
|
Alestidae |
demersal |
25.0 TL |
3.1 |
native |
| Brycinus carolinae |
|
Alestidae |
pelagic |
10.4 SL |
3.1 |
endemic |
| Brycinus imberi |
Spot-tail |
Alestidae |
demersal |
19.8 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Brycinus intermedius |
|
Alestidae |
pelagic |
8.0 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Brycinus leuciscus |
|
Alestidae |
pelagic |
12.0 SL |
3.0 |
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 |
| Bryconaethiops quinquesquamae |
|
Alestidae |
pelagic |
11.0 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Bryconalestes longipinnis |
Longfin tetra |
Alestidae |
pelagic |
16.4 TL |
3.1 |
native |
| Campylomormyrus tamandua |
Wormjawed mormyrid |
Mormyridae |
demersal |
43.0 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Carlarius gigas |
Giant sea catfish |
Ariidae |
benthopelagic |
165.0 TL |
3.9 |
native |
| Carlarius heudelotii |
Smoothmouth sea catfish |
Ariidae |
demersal |
83.0 TL |
3.8 |
native |
| Carlarius latiscutatus |
Rough-head sea catfish |
Ariidae |
demersal |
85.0 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Chelaethiops bibie |
Lake Turkana sardine |
Danionidae |
demersal |
5.5 TL |
2.3 |
native |
| Chiloglanis batesii |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
4.0 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Chiloglanis benuensis |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
3.8 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Chiloglanis disneyi |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
3.5 SL |
3.1 |
questionable |
| Chiloglanis micropogon |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
4.9 TL |
3.1 |
misidentification |
| Chiloglanis niger |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
3.5 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Chiloglanis occidentalis |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
5.7 SL |
3.2 |
questionable |
| Chiloglanis voltae |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
2.7 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Chiloglanis waterloti |
|
Mochokidae |
demersal |
4.8 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Chromidotilapia guntheri |
Guenther's mouthbrooder |
Cichlidae |
benthopelagic |
18.0 SL |
2.6 |
native |
| Chrysichthys aluuensis |
|
Claroteidae |
demersal |
9.1 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 |
| Citharidium ansorgii |
|
Citharinidae |
demersal |
58.6 SL |
2.1 |
native |
| Citharinops distichodoides |
|
Citharinidae |
demersal |
84.0 SL |
2.0 |
native |
| Citharinus citharus |
Moon fish |
Citharinidae |
demersal |
58.0 SL |
2.0 |
native |
| Citharinus latus |
|
Citharinidae |
demersal |
84.0 SL |
2.2 |
native |
| Clarias agboyiensis |
|
Clariidae |
demersal |
29.0 TL |
3.7 |
native |
| Clarias anguillaris |
Mudfish |
Clariidae |
demersal |
100.0 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Clarias buthupogon |
|
Clariidae |
demersal |
34.1 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Clarias camerunensis |
|
Clariidae |
demersal |
46.6 TL |
3.5 |
native |
| Clarias ebriensis |
|
Clariidae |
demersal |
31.5 TL |
3.4 |
native |
| Clarias gariepinus |
North African catfish |
Clariidae |
benthopelagic |
170.0 TL |
3.8 |
native |
| Clarias jaensis |
|
Clariidae |
demersal |
48.3 TL |
3.5 |
native |
| Clarias laeviceps |
Catfish |
Clariidae |
demersal |
31.7 TL |
3.4 |
native |
| Clarias macromystax |
|
Clariidae |
demersal |
31.6 TL |
3.4 |
native |
| Clarias pachynema |
|
Clariidae |
demersal |
35.6 TL |
3.5 |
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 guineensis |
Guinean tilapia |
Cichlidae |
benthopelagic |
30.0 SL |
2.8 |
native |
| Coptodon zillii |
Redbelly tilapia |
Cichlidae |
benthopelagic |
40.0 SL |
2.5 |
native |
| Cromeria occidentalis |
|
Kneriidae |
benthopelagic |
4.4 SL |
2.2 |
native |
| Ctenopoma houyi |
|
Anabantidae |
benthopelagic |
6.6 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Ctenopoma kingsleyae |
Tailspot ctenopoma |
Anabantidae |
benthopelagic |
18.2 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Ctenopoma muriei |
Ocellated labyrinth fish |
Anabantidae |
benthopelagic |
7.0 SL |
3.0 |
misidentification |
| Ctenopoma nebulosum |
|
Anabantidae |
benthopelagic |
9.7 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Ctenopoma ocellatum |
Eyespot ctenopoma |
Anabantidae |
benthopelagic |
13.8 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Ctenopoma petherici |
|
Anabantidae |
benthopelagic |
17.4 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Cyphomyrus psittacus |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
30.0 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Dagetichthys lakdoensis |
|
Soleidae |
demersal |
40.0 TL |
3.6 |
questionable |
| Denticeps clupeoides |
Denticle herring |
Denticipitidae |
pelagic |
15.0 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Distichodus brevipinnis |
|
Distichodontidae |
demersal |
59.0 SL |
2.0 |
native |
| Distichodus engycephalus |
Perch |
Distichodontidae |
demersal |
40.0 SL |
2.0 |
native |
| Distichodus rostratus |
Grass-eater |
Distichodontidae |
demersal |
76.0 TL |
2.6 |
native |
| Dormitator lebretonis |
|
Eleotridae |
demersal |
12.4 TL |
2.5 |
native |
| Eleotris daganensis |
|
Eleotridae |
demersal |
12.3 TL |
3.6 |
native |
| Eleotris senegalensis |
|
Eleotridae |
demersal |
22.4 TL |
3.7 |
native |
| Eleotris vittata |
|
Eleotridae |
demersal |
22.0 SL |
3.8 |
native |
| Elops lacerta |
West African ladyfish |
Elopidae |
pelagic-neritic |
100.0 TL |
4.2 |
native |
| Enteromius ablabes |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
9.6 SL |
2.5 |
native |
| Enteromius anema |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
3.0 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius atakorensis |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
3.6 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius baudoni |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
3.3 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius bawkuensis |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
2.9 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius callipterus |
Clipper barb |
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
10.1 TL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius camptacanthus |
African redfinned barb |
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
15.5 TL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius chlorotaenia |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
9.8 TL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius dialonensis |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
8.1 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius eburneensis |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
7.4 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius foutensis |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
9.0 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius leonensis |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
3.3 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius macinensis |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
5.0 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius macrops |
Blackstripe barb |
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
16.9 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius nigeriensis |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
5.0 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius perince |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
8.9 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius pobeguini |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
5.4 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius punctitaeniatus |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
3.8 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius raimbaulti |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
6.1 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius stigmatopygus |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
2.8 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius sublineatus |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
7.1 SL |
2.7 |
native |
| Enteromius sylvaticus |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
1.9 SL |
2.8 |
native |
| Epiplatys biafranus |
|
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
5.0 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Epiplatys bifasciatus |
|
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
6.0 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Epiplatys grahami |
|
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
7.0 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Epiplatys lamottei |
Redspotted panchax |
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
7.0 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Epiplatys longiventralis |
|
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
6.0 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Epiplatys sexfasciatus |
Sixbar panchax |
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
10.0 SL |
3.6 |
native |
| Epiplatys spilargyreius |
|
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
5.0 TL |
3.1 |
native |
| Erpetoichthys calabaricus |
Reedfish |
Polypteridae |
demersal |
37.0 SL |
3.3 |
native |
| Ethmalosa fimbriata |
Bonga shad |
Dorosomatidae |
pelagic-neritic |
46.0 TL |
2.5 |
native |
| Foerschichthys nigeriensis |
|
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
3.5 TL |
3.1 |
native |
| Fontitrygon garouaensis |
Smooth freshwater stingray |
Dasyatidae |
demersal |
40.0 WD |
3.7 |
native |
| Fundulopanchax arnoldi |
Arnold's killi |
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
7.4 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Fundulopanchax deltaensis |
Delta killi |
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
8.0 SL |
3.3 |
endemic |
| Fundulopanchax filamentosus |
Plumed lyretail |
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
5.5 TL |
3.4 |
native |
| Fundulopanchax gardneri |
Blue lyretail |
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
6.5 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Fundulopanchax gularis |
Gulare |
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
9.0 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Fundulopanchax sjostedti |
Blue gularis |
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
13.0 SL |
3.4 |
native |
| Garra allostoma |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
6.3 SL |
2.3 |
endemic |
| Garra dembeensis |
Dembea stone lapper |
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
11.0 SL |
2.0 |
native |
| Garra waterloti |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
7.0 TL |
2.4 |
native |
| Gnathonemus petersii |
Elephantnose fish |
Mormyridae |
demersal |
35.0 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Gobiocichla wonderi |
|
Cichlidae |
benthopelagic |
6.2 SL |
2.0 |
endemic |
| Gobionellus occidentalis |
Delta goby |
Gobiidae |
demersal |
13.3 SL |
3.5 |
native |
| Gymnallabes typus |
|
Clariidae |
demersal |
29.7 TL |
3.4 |
native |
| Gymnarchus niloticus |
Aba |
Gymnarchidae |
demersal |
167.0 SL |
3.7 |
native |
| Hemichromis fasciatus |
Banded jewelfish |
Cichlidae |
benthopelagic |
21.0 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Hepsetus odoe |
|
Hepsetidae |
demersal |
44.2 SL |
4.1 |
native |
| Heterobranchus bidorsalis |
African catfish |
Clariidae |
demersal |
150.0 TL |
3.7 |
native |
| Heterobranchus isopterus |
|
Clariidae |
demersal |
122.5 SL |
3.7 |
questionable |
| Heterobranchus longifilis |
Sampa |
Clariidae |
demersal |
150.0 SL |
3.7 |
native |
| Heterotis niloticus |
African bonytongue |
Arapaimidae |
pelagic |
100.0 SL |
2.7 |
native |
| Hippopotamyrus pictus |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
30.5 SL |
3.2 |
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 |
| Hydrocynus vittatus |
Tiger fish |
Alestidae |
demersal |
105.0 FL |
3.7 |
native |
| Hyperopisus bebe |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
51.0 SL |
3.6 |
native |
| Ichthyborus monodi |
|
Distichodontidae |
pelagic |
20.8 SL |
2.9 |
native |
| Ilisha africana |
West African ilisha |
Pristigasteridae |
pelagic-neritic |
30.0 SL |
3.6 |
native |
| Isichthys henryi |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
28.7 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Kribia kribensis |
|
Butidae |
demersal |
4.6 SL |
3.4 |
native |
| Kribia nana |
|
Butidae |
demersal |
5.8 TL |
3.4 |
native |
| Labeo coubie |
African carp |
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
75.0 SL |
2.0 |
native |
| Labeo parvus |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
38.0 SL |
2.0 |
native |
| Labeo roseopunctatus |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
20.3 SL |
2.3 |
native |
| Labeo senegalensis |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
65.0 TL |
2.1 |
native |
| Labeobarbus petitjeani |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
16.0 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Labeobarbus wurtzi |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
24.5 SL |
3.2 |
misidentification |
| Laeviscutella dekimpei |
Roundbelly pellonuline |
Dorosomatidae |
pelagic |
4.6 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Lates niloticus |
Nile perch |
Latidae |
demersal |
200.0 TL |
4.5 |
native |
| Leptocypris niloticus |
|
Danionidae |
demersal |
9.5 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Malapterurus beninensis |
|
Malapteruridae |
benthopelagic |
22.3 SL |
3.4 |
native |
| Malapterurus electricus |
Electric catfish |
Malapteruridae |
benthopelagic |
122.0 SL |
2.9 |
native |
| Malapterurus minjiriya |
|
Malapteruridae |
benthopelagic |
51.0 SL |
3.5 |
native |
| Marcusenius abadii |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
40.0 TL |
3.1 |
native |
| Marcusenius cyprinoides |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
33.0 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Marcusenius deboensis |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
25.0 TL |
3.1 |
native |
| Marcusenius mento |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
26.0 SL |
2.5 |
native |
| Marcusenius senegalensis |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
32.1 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Mastacembelus cryptacanthus |
|
Mastacembelidae |
demersal |
34.5 SL |
3.8 |
native |
| Mastacembelus decorsei |
|
Mastacembelidae |
demersal |
24.6 TL |
3.7 |
native |
| Mastacembelus loennbergii |
|
Mastacembelidae |
demersal |
26.1 TL |
3.7 |
native |
| Mastacembelus nigromarginatus |
|
Mastacembelidae |
benthopelagic |
42.2 SL |
3.9 |
questionable |
| Mastacembelus praensis |
|
Mastacembelidae |
benthopelagic |
35.3 SL |
3.8 |
native |
| Micralestes acutidens |
Sharptooth tetra |
Alestidae |
pelagic |
9.0 SL |
2.9 |
misidentification |
| Micralestes elongatus |
Elongated Turkana robber |
Alestidae |
pelagic |
6.0 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Micralestes humilis |
|
Alestidae |
pelagic |
10.6 TL |
3.1 |
native |
| Micralestes occidentalis |
|
Alestidae |
pelagic |
8.0 TL |
3.1 |
native |
| Micropanchax pfaffi |
Pfaff's lampeye |
Procatopodidae |
benthopelagic |
3.5 TL |
3.1 |
native |
| Microsynodontis polli |
|
Mochokidae |
demersal |
4.1 TL |
3.0 |
endemic |
| Mochokus niloticus |
|
Mochokidae |
demersal |
6.5 TL |
2.9 |
native |
| Mormyrops anguilloides |
Cornish jack |
Mormyridae |
demersal |
150.0 TL |
3.8 |
native |
| Mormyrops caballus |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
46.0 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Mormyrops oudoti |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
11.4 SL |
3.1 |
endemic |
| Mormyrus hasselquistii |
Elephant snout |
Mormyridae |
demersal |
50.0 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Mormyrus macrophthalmus |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
30.0 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Mormyrus rume |
Mormyrids |
Mormyridae |
demersal |
100.0 SL |
2.5 |
native |
| Nannaethiops unitaeniatus |
Oneline tetra |
Distichodontidae |
pelagic |
6.2 TL |
3.0 |
native |
| Nannocharax ansorgii |
|
Distichodontidae |
pelagic |
3.7 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Nannocharax fasciatus |
|
Distichodontidae |
pelagic |
6.6 SL |
3.4 |
native |
| Nannocharax latifasciatus |
|
Distichodontidae |
pelagic |
4.9 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Nannocharax lineomaculatus |
|
Distichodontidae |
pelagic |
3.9 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Nannocharax occidentalis |
|
Distichodontidae |
pelagic |
5.8 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Nannocharax usongo |
|
Distichodontidae |
benthopelagic |
4.4 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Nannocharax zebra |
|
Distichodontidae |
benthopelagic |
4.1 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Nematogobius maindroni |
|
Gobiidae |
demersal |
8.0 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Neolebias ansorgii |
|
Distichodontidae |
pelagic |
2.6 SL |
3.3 |
native |
| Neolebias axelrodi |
|
Distichodontidae |
pelagic |
1.8 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Neolebias powelli |
|
Distichodontidae |
pelagic |
1.6 SL |
3.0 |
endemic |
| Neolebias unifasciatus |
|
Distichodontidae |
pelagic |
4.2 SL |
3.5 |
native |
| Nimbapanchax maeseni |
|
Nothobranchiidae |
pelagic |
4.5 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Nothobranchius thierryi |
Togo Killifish |
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
3.5 TL |
3.1 |
native |
| Notoglanidium akiri |
|
Claroteidae |
demersal |
10.7 SL |
3.3 |
native |
| Odaxothrissa ansorgii |
Ansorge's fangtooth pellonuline |
Dorosomatidae |
pelagic |
13.0 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Odaxothrissa mento |
Nigerian fangtooth pellonuline |
Dorosomatidae |
pelagic |
14.0 SL |
4.3 |
native |
| Ophisternon afrum |
Guinea swamp eel |
Synbranchidae |
demersal |
53.5 TL |
3.2 |
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 |
| Pantodon buchholzi |
Freshwater butterflyfish |
Pantodontidae |
pelagic |
11.9 TL |
3.6 |
native |
| Papyrocranus afer |
Reticulate knifefish |
Notopteridae |
demersal |
80.0 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Parachanna africana |
African snakehead |
Channidae |
benthopelagic |
32.0 TL |
3.8 |
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 congica |
|
Schilbeidae |
demersal |
9.0 SL |
3.2 |
misidentification |
| Parailia pellucida |
Glass schilbid |
Schilbeidae |
demersal |
12.0 SL |
3.5 |
native |
| Parauchenoglanis buettikoferi |
|
Claroteidae |
demersal |
10.5 TL |
3.4 |
endemic |
| Parauchenoglanis monkei |
Dotted catfish |
Claroteidae |
demersal |
15.1 SL |
3.7 |
native |
| Pareutropius buffei |
|
Schilbeidae |
demersal |
11.5 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Pellonula leonensis |
Smalltoothed pellonula |
Dorosomatidae |
pelagic |
12.1 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Pellonula vorax |
Bigtoothed pellonula |
Dorosomatidae |
pelagic |
12.0 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Pelmatolapia mariae |
Spotted tilapia |
Cichlidae |
demersal |
32.3 SL |
3.5 |
native |
| Pelvicachromis pulcher |
Rainbow krib |
Cichlidae |
demersal |
11.0 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Pelvicachromis sacrimontis |
|
Cichlidae |
demersal |
7.8 SL |
3.3 |
native |
| Pelvicachromis silviae |
|
Cichlidae |
benthopelagic |
4.8 SL |
3.2 |
endemic |
| Pelvicachromis taeniatus |
|
Cichlidae |
demersal |
7.1 SL |
3.3 |
native |
| Periophthalmus barbarus |
Atlantic mudskipper |
Oxudercidae |
reef-associated |
14.7 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Petrocephalus ansorgii |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
14.1 SL |
3.3 |
native |
| Petrocephalus bane |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
20.0 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Petrocephalus bovei |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
11.5 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Petrocephalus pallidomaculatus |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
9.7 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Petrocephalus pellegrini |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
9.1 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Petrocephalus sauvagii |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
17.5 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Petrocephalus soudanensis |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
10.8 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Phago loricatus |
African pike-characin |
Distichodontidae |
demersal |
16.5 SL |
3.7 |
native |
| Phractolaemus ansorgii |
Hingemouth |
Phractolaemidae |
benthopelagic |
25.0 TL |
2.3 |
native |
| Phractura ansorgii |
African whiptailed catfish |
Amphiliidae |
demersal |
9.0 TL |
3.1 |
native |
| Phractura clauseni |
|
Amphiliidae |
demersal |
7.8 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Pollimyrus isidori |
Elephant Fish |
Mormyridae |
demersal |
10.3 TL |
2.6 |
native |
| Pollimyrus petricolus |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
11.0 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Polycentropsis abbreviata |
African leaffish |
Polycentridae |
benthopelagic |
6.7 SL |
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 |
| Porogobius schlegelii |
|
Gobiidae |
demersal |
18.9 TL |
2.9 |
native |
| Poropanchax luxophthalmus |
|
Procatopodidae |
benthopelagic |
4.0 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Poropanchax normani |
Norman's lampeye |
Procatopodidae |
benthopelagic |
4.5 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Poropanchax scheeli |
Scheel's lampeye |
Procatopodidae |
benthopelagic |
4.0 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Procatopus aberrans |
Bluegreen lampeye |
Procatopodidae |
benthopelagic |
5.5 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Pronothobranchius chirioi |
|
Nothobranchiidae |
pelagic |
4.4 SL |
3.2 |
endemic |
| Pronothobranchius kiyawensis |
|
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
4.7 |
3.2 |
misidentification |
| Protopterus annectens |
West African lungfish |
Protopteridae |
demersal |
100.0 TL |
3.6 |
native |
| Raiamas nigeriensis |
|
Danionidae |
demersal |
11.1 SL |
3.3 |
native |
| Raiamas senegalensis |
Senegal minnow |
Danionidae |
benthopelagic |
24.5 TL |
3.4 |
native |
| Rhabdalestes septentrionalis |
|
Alestidae |
pelagic |
6.9 TL |
3.1 |
native |
| Rubricatochromis bimaculatus |
Jewelfish |
Cichlidae |
benthopelagic |
13.6 SL |
3.9 |
native |
| Sarotherodon galilaeus |
Mango tilapia |
Cichlidae |
demersal |
39.5 TL |
2.2 |
native |
| Sarotherodon melanotheron |
Blackchin tilapia |
Cichlidae |
demersal |
28.0 SL |
2.5 |
native |
| Schilbe brevianalis |
|
Schilbeidae |
demersal |
8.2 SL |
3.2 |
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 |
| Scriptaphyosemion geryi |
Gérys killi |
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
5.0 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Scriptaphyosemion nigrifluvi |
|
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
4.5 TL |
3.2 |
endemic |
| 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 |
endemic |
| Synodontis clarias |
Mandi |
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
36.0 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Synodontis courteti |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
50.0 SL |
2.8 |
native |
| Synodontis eupterus |
Featherfin squeaker |
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
30.0 SL |
2.7 |
native |
| Synodontis filamentosus |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
26.0 SL |
2.8 |
native |
| Synodontis gobroni |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
47.0 SL |
2.8 |
endemic |
| Synodontis guttatus |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
58.5 SL |
2.8 |
endemic |
| Synodontis melanopterus |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
18.5 SL |
2.9 |
native |
| Synodontis membranaceus |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
46.0 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Synodontis nigrita |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
33.5 TL |
2.8 |
native |
| Synodontis obesus |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
25.8 SL |
2.8 |
native |
| Synodontis ocellifer |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
49.0 TL |
3.1 |
native |
| Synodontis omias |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
36.0 SL |
2.8 |
endemic |
| Synodontis resupinatus |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
26.0 SL |
2.6 |
endemic |
| Synodontis robbianus |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
10.5 SL |
2.9 |
native |
| Synodontis schall |
Wahrindi |
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
37.0 SL |
2.9 |
native |
| Synodontis sorex |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
36.0 SL |
2.8 |
native |
| Synodontis velifer |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
18.5 SL |
2.9 |
native |
| Synodontis vermiculatus |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
50.0 SL |
2.8 |
endemic |
| Synodontis violaceus |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
30.0 SL |
2.8 |
native |
| Synodontis xiphias |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
67.5 SL |
2.8 |
endemic |
| Tetraodon lineatus |
Globe fish |
Tetraodontidae |
demersal |
43.0 TL |
3.6 |
native |
| Thysochromis ansorgii |
|
Cichlidae |
demersal |
8.8 SL |
3.3 |
native |
| Tylochromis intermedius |
|
Cichlidae |
benthopelagic |
23.0 SL |
2.6 |
questionable |
| Tylochromis sudanensis |
|
Cichlidae |
benthopelagic |
20.0 SL |
2.5 |
native |
| Xenomystus nigri |
African knifefish |
Notopteridae |
demersal |
30.0 SL |
3.3 |
native |
| Yongeichthys thomasi |
|
Gobiidae |
demersal |
6.0 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Zaireichthys camerunensis |
|
Amphiliidae |
demersal |
3.3 SL |
3.0 |
endemic |