Species in the Okavango

     n= 131 (Complete)
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Species Name Family Habitat Length (cm) Trophic Level Status
Amphilius uranoscopus Stargazer mountain catfish Amphiliidae demersal 19.5 TL 2.9 native
Brycinus humilis Alestidae pelagic 7.0 TL 3.1 native
Brycinus lateralis Stripped robber Alestidae pelagic 14.0 SL 3.5 native
Chetia gracilis Slender happy Cichlidae demersal 11.8 SL 3.8 native
Chiloglanis fasciatus Okavango suckermouth Mochokidae benthopelagic 6.4 TL 3.0 native
Chiloglanis neumanni Neumann's suckermouth Mochokidae benthopelagic 6.5 SL 2.8 questionable
Clariallabes platyprosopos Broadhead catfish Clariidae demersal 29.5 TL 4.2 endemic
Clarias gariepinus North African catfish Clariidae benthopelagic 170.0 TL 3.8 native
Clarias liocephalus Smoothhead catfish Clariidae demersal 32.0 TL 3.3 native
Clarias ngamensis Blunt-toothed African catfish Clariidae demersal 73.0 TL 4.3 native
Clarias stappersii Blotched catfish Clariidae demersal 41.0 SL 4.5 native
Clarias theodorae Snake catfish Clariidae demersal 35.0 SL 3.5 native
Clypeobarbus bellcrossi Gorgeous barb Cyprinidae benthopelagic 9.0 TL 2.9 native
Coptodon rendalli Redbreast tilapia Cichlidae benthopelagic 45.0 TL 2.3 native
Coptostomabarbus wittei Upjaw barb Cyprinidae benthopelagic 4.0 SL 2.7 native
Ctenopoma multispine Manyspined ctenopoma Anabantidae benthopelagic 13.5 SL 3.8 native
Cyphomyrus cubangoensis Mormyridae benthopelagic 12.4 SL 3.1 native
Cyphomyrus discorhynchus Zambesi parrotfish Mormyridae demersal 31.0 SL 3.2 native
Engraulicypris brevianalis River sardine Danionidae benthopelagic 7.5 SL 3.2 native
Enteromius afrovernayi Spottail barb Cyprinidae benthopelagic 5.7 TL 3.5 native
Enteromius barnardi Blackback barb Cyprinidae benthopelagic 7.0 SL 2.6 native
Enteromius barotseensis Barbus barb Cyprinidae benthopelagic 5.0 SL 3.0 native
Enteromius bifrenatus Hyphen barb Cyprinidae benthopelagic 7.0 SL 2.6 native
Enteromius breviceps Shorthead barb Cyprinidae benthopelagic 7.7 SL 3.0 native
Enteromius brevidorsalis Dwarf barb Cyprinidae benthopelagic 4.6 TL 3.0 native
Enteromius chicapaensis Cyprinidae benthopelagic 8.6 SL 3.0 native
Enteromius chiumbeensis Cyprinidae benthopelagic 8.0 TL 3.0 questionable
Enteromius eutaenia Orangefin barb Cyprinidae benthopelagic 14.0 SL 3.2 native
Enteromius evansi Cyprinidae benthopelagic 4.1 TL 3.0 native
Enteromius fasciolatus African banded barb Cyprinidae benthopelagic 6.0 SL 3.0 native
Enteromius greenwoodi Cyprinidae benthopelagic 3.1 SL 3.0 native
Enteromius haasianus Sickle barb Cyprinidae benthopelagic 3.2 SL 3.0 native
Enteromius kerstenii Redspot barb Cyprinidae benthopelagic 9.0 SL 3.0 native
Enteromius kessleri Gillbar barb Cyprinidae benthopelagic 7.7 TL 3.0 native
Enteromius lineomaculatus Line-spotted barb Cyprinidae benthopelagic 8.6 SL 3.0 native
Enteromius lujae Cyprinidae benthopelagic 4.1 TL 3.0 native
Enteromius mattozi Papermouth Cyprinidae benthopelagic 40.0 SL 3.3 native
Enteromius miolepis Zigzag barb Cyprinidae benthopelagic 12.5 SL 3.0 native
Enteromius mocoensis Cyprinidae benthopelagic 5.2 SL 3.0 native
Enteromius multilineatus Copperstripe barb Cyprinidae benthopelagic 4.5 SL 3.0 native
Enteromius paludinosus Straightfin barb Cyprinidae benthopelagic 15.0 SL 2.9 native
Enteromius poechii Dashtail barb Cyprinidae benthopelagic 11.0 SL 3.3 native
Enteromius radiatus Redeye barb Cyprinidae benthopelagic 12.0 SL 2.8 native
Enteromius thamalakanensis Thamalakane barb Cyprinidae benthopelagic 5.0 TL 2.6 native
Enteromius trimaculatus Threespot barb Cyprinidae benthopelagic 15.0 SL 3.2 native
Enteromius unitaeniatus Slender barb Cyprinidae benthopelagic 14.0 SL 3.3 native
Enteromius viviparus Bowstripe barb Cyprinidae benthopelagic 7.0 SL 2.9 questionable
Hemichromis angolensis Cichlidae benthopelagic 10.9 SL 3.3 native
Hemichromis elongatus Banded jewel cichlid Cichlidae benthopelagic 18.7 SL 3.7 native
Hemichromis fasciatus Banded jewelfish Cichlidae benthopelagic 21.0 SL 3.2 native
Hepsetus cuvieri Southern African Pike Hepsetidae demersal 37.0 SL 3.0 native
Hepsetus odoe Hepsetidae demersal 44.2 SL 4.1 misidentification
Heteromormyrus ansorgii Slender stonebasher Mormyridae demersal 15.0 SL 3.2 native
Hydrocynus forskahlii Elongate tigerfish Alestidae pelagic 78.0 SL 4.0 misidentification
Hydrocynus vittatus Tiger fish Alestidae demersal 105.0 FL 3.7 native
Kneria angolensis Kneriidae benthopelagic 9.0 TL 2.0 questionable
Kneria auriculata Airbreathing shellear Kneriidae benthopelagic 7.0 SL 2.1 questionable
Kneria polli Western shellear Kneriidae benthopelagic 7.0 SL 2.0 native
Labeo cylindricus Redeye labeo Cyprinidae benthopelagic 25.0 SL 2.0 native
Labeo greenii Cyprinidae benthopelagic 27.0 TL 2.3 questionable
Labeo lunatus Upper Zambezi labeo Cyprinidae benthopelagic 40.0 SL 2.0 native
Labeobarbus codringtonii Upper Zambezi yellowfish Cyprinidae benthopelagic 39.0 TL 3.7 native
Lacustricola chobensis Procatopodidae pelagic 2.4 SL 3.0 native
Lacustricola hutereaui Meshscaled topminnow Procatopodidae benthopelagic 3.5 TL 3.0 native
Lacustricola katangae Striped topminnow Procatopodidae benthopelagic 5.0 TL 3.3 native
Lacustricola macrurus Big tailed lampeye Procatopodidae benthopelagic 5.0 TL 3.0 questionable
Lacustricola mediolateralis Procatopodidae benthopelagic 5.0 TL 3.0 native
Lacustricola moeruensis Moero lampeye Procatopodidae benthopelagic 4.0 TL 3.0 native
Lacustricola myaposae Natal topminnow Procatopodidae benthopelagic 2.6 questionable
Lacustricola nigrolateralis Procatopodidae benthopelagic 4.0 TL 3.0 native
Lacustricola pygmaeus Procatopodidae pelagic 2.1 SL 3.0 native
Marcusenius altisambesi Mormyridae demersal 19.5 SL 3.1 native
Marcusenius angolensis Mormyridae demersal 13.5 TL 3.1 native
Marcusenius macrolepidotus Bulldog Mormyridae demersal 32.0 TL 3.2 native
Marcusenius moorii Mormyridae demersal 21.4 SL 3.1 native
Mastacembelus frenatus Longtail spiny eel Mastacembelidae demersal 40.0 SL 3.9 native
Mastacembelus vanderwaali Ocellated spiny eel Mastacembelidae benthopelagic 15.1 TL 3.5 native
Micralestes acutidens Sharptooth tetra Alestidae pelagic 9.0 SL 2.9 native
Microctenopoma intermedium Anabantidae benthopelagic 6.2 TL 3.2 native
Micropanchax johnstoni Johnston's topminnow Procatopodidae benthopelagic 8.5 TL 3.2 native
Mormyrus lacerda Western bottlenose mormyrid Mormyridae demersal 50.0 TL 3.7 native
Nannocharax lineostriatus Distichodontidae pelagic 3.0 SL 3.1 native
Nannocharax machadoi Dwarf citharine Distichodontidae pelagic 4.0 SL 3.0 native
Nannocharax macropterus Broad-barred citharine Distichodontidae pelagic 6.0 SL 3.2 native
Nannocharax monardi Distichodontidae pelagic 4.0 TL 3.1 questionable
Nannocharax multifasciatus Multibar citharine Distichodontidae pelagic 6.0 TL 2.8 native
Opsaridium zambezense Barred minnow Danionidae benthopelagic 12.0 SL 3.4 native
Oreochromis andersonii Three spotted tilapia Cichlidae benthopelagic 61.0 TL 2.0 native
Oreochromis macrochir Longfin tilapia Cichlidae benthopelagic 43.0 TL 2.2 native
Oreochromis mossambicus Mozambique tilapia Cichlidae benthopelagic 39.0 SL 2.2 introduced
Parakneria fortuita Cubango kneria Kneriidae benthopelagic 5.7 SL 2.0 native
Parauchenoglanis ngamensis Zambezi grunter Claroteidae demersal 38.0 SL 3.6 native
Petrocephalus catostoma Churchill Mormyridae demersal 15.0 FL 3.4 questionable
Petrocephalus longicapitis Mormyridae demersal 11.0 SL 3.2 native
Petrocephalus magnitrunci Mormyridae demersal 8.9 SL 3.2 endemic
Petrocephalus okavangensis Mormyridae demersal 9.5 SL 3.2 native
Petrocephalus simus Mormyridae demersal 12.0 TL 3.2 native
Pharyngochromis acuticeps Zambezi bream Cichlidae benthopelagic 12.0 TL 3.3 native
Pharyngochromis darlingi Zambezi happy Cichlidae demersal 22.0 TL 3.2 native
Pollimyrus castelnaui Dwarf stonebasher Mormyridae demersal 7.0 SL 3.2 native
Pseudocrenilabrus philander Southern mouthbrooder Cichlidae benthopelagic 13.0 TL 3.7 native
Rhabdalestes maunensis Okavango robber Alestidae pelagic 8.5 TL 3.3 native
Sargochromis carlottae Rainbow happy Cichlidae demersal 34.5 SL 3.6 native
Sargochromis codringtonii Green happy Cichlidae demersal 39.0 TL 3.1 native
Sargochromis giardi Pink happy Cichlidae benthopelagic 48.0 TL 3.5 native
Sargochromis greenwoodi Greenwood's happy Cichlidae demersal 30.0 SL 3.7 native
Schilbe intermedius Silver catfish Schilbeidae pelagic 50.0 SL 3.6 native
Serranochromis altus Humpback largemouth Cichlidae demersal 56.0 TL 4.2 native
Serranochromis alvum Blue-headed largemouth bream Cichlidae benthopelagic 15.2 SL 3.8 endemic
Serranochromis angusticeps Thinface cichlid Cichlidae demersal 41.0 SL 4.5 native
Serranochromis cacuchi Cacuchi largemouth bream Cichlidae benthopelagic 19.2 SL 3.8 endemic
Serranochromis jallae Nembwe Cichlidae demersal 39.6 SL 4.1 native
Serranochromis longimanus Longfin largemouth Cichlidae demersal 30.0 SL 3.9 native
Serranochromis macrocephalus Purpleface largemouth Cichlidae demersal 35.0 SL 4.2 native
Serranochromis robustus Yellow-belly bream Cichlidae demersal 56.0 TL 4.1 misidentification
Serranochromis thumbergi Brownspot largemouth Cichlidae demersal 33.0 TL 3.7 native
Stomatorhinus puncticulatus Mormyridae demersal 8.7 TL 3.1 questionable
Synodontis leopardinus Leopard squeaker Mochokidae benthopelagic 19.6 SL 3.7 native
Synodontis macrostigma Largespot squeaker Mochokidae benthopelagic 17.1 TL 3.5 native
Synodontis macrostoma Largemouth squeaker Mochokidae benthopelagic 9.2 SL 2.9 native
Synodontis nigromaculatus Blackspotted squeaker Mochokidae benthopelagic 38.5 TL 3.3 native
Synodontis thamalakanensis Mochokidae demersal 17.5 SL 2.9 native
Synodontis vanderwaali Mochokidae benthopelagic 16.0 SL 2.9 native
Synodontis woosnami Upper Zambezi squeaker Mochokidae benthopelagic 20.5 SL 2.4 native
Tilapia ruweti Okavango tilapia Cichlidae benthopelagic 10.4 TL 2.4 native
Tilapia sparrmanii Banded tilapia Cichlidae benthopelagic 23.5 TL 2.7 native
Zaireichthys conspicuus Blotched sand catlet Amphiliidae benthopelagic 3.5 SL 3.0 questionable
Zaireichthys dorae Chobe sand catlet Amphiliidae demersal 2.7 SL 3.0 misidentification
Zaireichthys kavangoensis Amphiliidae benthopelagic 2.7 SL 3.0 endemic
Zaireichthys pallidus Pale sand catlet Amphiliidae benthopelagic 2.5 SL 3.0 native
Zaireichthys rotundiceps Spotted sand catlet Amphiliidae demersal 3.8 SL 3.4 misidentification
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