| Species | Name | Family | Habitat | Length (cm) | Trophic Level | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afronemacheilus abyssinicus | Nemacheilidae | benthopelagic | 5.1 SL | 2.8 | endemic | |
| Alestes baremoze | Silversides | Alestidae | benthopelagic | 43.0 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Alestes dentex | Characin | Alestidae | pelagic | 55.0 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Alosa fallax | Twaite shad | Alosidae | pelagic-neritic | 60.0 SL | 4.0 | native |
| Amphilius jacksonii | Marbled mountain catfish | Amphiliidae | demersal | 15.0 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Amphilius lujani | Amphiliidae | demersal | 12.0 SL | 3.0 | native | |
| Andersonia leptura | Amphiliidae | demersal | 4.6 SL | 3.0 | native | |
| Anguilla anguilla | European eel | Anguillidae | demersal | 133.0 TL | 3.5 | native |
| Aphaniops dispar | Arabian pupfish | Aphaniidae | benthopelagic | 7.0 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Astatoreochromis alluaudi | Alluaud's haplo | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 19.0 SL | 3.6 | native |
| Astatotilapia bloyeti | Bloyet's haplo | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 15.0 SL | 3.0 | questionable |
| Auchenoglanis biscutatus | Auchenoglanididae | demersal | 54.0 SL | 3.1 | native | |
| Auchenoglanis occidentalis | Bubu | Auchenoglanididae | 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 |
| Brachyalestes nurse | Nurse tetra | Alestidae | pelagic | 25.4 TL | 2.5 | native |
| Brachyalestes sadleri | Sadler's robber | Alestidae | pelagic | 13.8 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Brevimyrus niger | Mormyridae | benthopelagic | 15.0 TL | 3.3 | native | |
| Brycinus macrolepidotus | True big-scale tetra | Alestidae | pelagic | 53.0 SL | 2.8 | native |
| Chelaethiops bibie | Lake Turkana sardine | Danionidae | demersal | 5.5 TL | 2.3 | native |
| Chiloglanis niloticus | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 4.5 SL | 3.1 | native | |
| Chrysichthys auratus | Golden Nile catfish | Claroteidae | demersal | 57.0 TL | 3.7 | native |
| Citharinus citharus | Moon fish | Citharinidae | demersal | 58.0 SL | 2.0 | native |
| Citharinus latus | Citharinidae | demersal | 84.0 SL | 2.2 | native | |
| Clarias angolensis | Angolian walking catfish | Clariidae | demersal | 35.0 TL | 3.3 | questionable |
| Clarias anguillaris | Mudfish | Clariidae | demersal | 100.0 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Clarias engelseni | Clariidae | demersal | 18.5 TL | 3.3 | endemic | |
| Clarias gariepinus | North African catfish | Clariidae | benthopelagic | 170.0 TL | 3.8 | native |
| Clarias hilli | Clariidae | demersal | 19.6 TL | 3.3 | native | |
| Clarias liocephalus | Smoothhead catfish | Clariidae | demersal | 32.0 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Clarias werneri | Werner's catfish | Clariidae | demersal | 23.0 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Clarotes laticeps | Widehead catfish | Claroteidae | demersal | 80.0 SL | 3.1 | native |
| Coptodon zillii | Redbelly tilapia | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 40.0 SL | 2.5 | native |
| Cromeria nilotica | Naked shellear | Kneriidae | benthopelagic | 2.9 SL | 2.6 | endemic |
| Ctenopoma muriei | Ocellated labyrinth fish | Anabantidae | benthopelagic | 7.0 SL | 3.0 | native |
| Ctenopoma petherici | Anabantidae | benthopelagic | 17.4 TL | 3.2 | native | |
| Cyphomyrus petherici | Mormyridae | demersal | 20.0 TL | 3.2 | endemic | |
| Distichodus brevipinnis | Distichodontidae | demersal | 59.0 SL | 2.0 | native | |
| Distichodus engycephalus | Perch | Distichodontidae | demersal | 40.0 SL | 2.0 | native |
| Distichodus nefasch | Distichodontidae | pelagic | 83.0 TL | 2.0 | native | |
| Distichodus rostratus | Grass-eater | Distichodontidae | demersal | 76.0 TL | 2.6 | native |
| Enteromius anema | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 3.0 SL | 3.0 | native | |
| Enteromius leonensis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 3.3 SL | 3.0 | native | |
| Enteromius macrops | Blackstripe barb | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 16.9 SL | 3.0 | native |
| Enteromius neglectus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 5.4 TL | 3.0 | endemic | |
| Enteromius nigeriensis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 5.0 SL | 3.0 | native | |
| Enteromius perince | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 8.9 SL | 3.0 | native | |
| Enteromius pumilus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 2.3 SL | 3.0 | native | |
| Enteromius stigmatopygus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 2.8 SL | 3.0 | native | |
| Enteromius tongaensis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 2.5 SL | 3.0 | endemic | |
| Enteromius yeiensis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 4.0 TL | 3.0 | native | |
| Epiplatys bifasciatus | Nothobranchiidae | benthopelagic | 6.0 TL | 3.2 | native | |
| Epiplatys spilargyreius | Nothobranchiidae | benthopelagic | 5.5 TL | 3.1 | native | |
| Garra blanfordii | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 9.2 SL | 2.1 | native | |
| Garra dembecha | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 13.0 SL | 2.0 | native | |
| Garra dembeensis | Dembea stone lapper | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 11.0 SL | 2.0 | native |
| Garra duobarbis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 6.7 SL | 2.3 | endemic | |
| Garra geba | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 8.6 SL | 2.2 | endemic | |
| Garra ignestii | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 10.3 SL | 2.1 | endemic | |
| Garra jamila | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 6.3 SL | 2.3 | endemic | |
| Garra makiensis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 13.5 SL | 2.0 | native | |
| Garra napata | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 7.0 SL | 2.3 | endemic | |
| Garra quadrimaculata | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 10.7 SL | 2.0 | misidentification | |
| Garra regressus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 12.2 SL | 2.0 | endemic | |
| Garra sannarensis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 3.6 SL | 2.6 | endemic | |
| Garra tana | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 10.8 SL | 2.0 | endemic | |
| Garra vinciguerrae | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 12.2 SL | 2.0 | endemic | |
| Gymnarchus niloticus | Aba | Gymnarchidae | demersal | 167.0 SL | 3.7 | native |
| Haplochromis loati | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 5.2 TL | 3.0 | endemic | |
| 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 |
| 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 besse | Distichodontidae | pelagic | 25.0 TL | 4.0 | native | |
| Kribia nana | Butidae | demersal | 5.8 TL | 3.4 | native | |
| Labeo coubie | African carp | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 75.0 SL | 2.0 | native |
| Labeo forskalii | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 36.0 TL | 2.5 | native | |
| Labeo horie | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 57.0 TL | 2.1 | native | |
| Labeo latebra | Cyprinidae | demersal | 12.6 SL | 2.5 | endemic | |
| Labeo meroensis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 5.3 SL | 2.7 | endemic | |
| Labeo niloticus | Nile labeo | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 63.0 TL | 2.5 | native |
| Labeo parvus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 38.0 SL | 2.0 | native | |
| Labeobarbus beso | African scraping feeder | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 36.0 SL | 3.2 | native |
| Labeobarbus bynni | Niger barb | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 82.0 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Labeobarbus surkis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 43.0 FL | 2.9 | endemic | |
| Laciris pelagica | Procatopodidae | benthopelagic | 8.0 TL | 3.3 | endemic | |
| Lacustricola hutereaui | Meshscaled topminnow | Procatopodidae | benthopelagic | 3.5 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Lacustricola kassenjiensis | Kasenye lampeye | Procatopodidae | benthopelagic | 3.5 TL | 3.0 | endemic |
| Lates niloticus | Nile perch | Latidae | demersal | 200.0 TL | 4.5 | native |
| Leptocypris niloticus | Danionidae | demersal | 10.8 TL | 3.3 | native | |
| Malapterurus electricus | Electric catfish | Malapteruridae | benthopelagic | 122.0 SL | 2.9 | native |
| Malapterurus minjiriya | Malapteruridae | benthopelagic | 51.0 SL | 3.5 | native | |
| Marcusenius annamariae | Mormyridae | demersal | 25.5 SL | 3.1 | native | |
| Marcusenius cyprinoides | Mormyridae | demersal | 33.0 SL | 3.0 | native | |
| Marcusenius macrolepidotus | Bulldog | Mormyridae | demersal | 32.0 TL | 3.2 | 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 |
| Microctenopoma uelense | Anabantidae | benthopelagic | 6.0 SL | 3.2 | native | |
| Micropanchax kingii | Procatopodidae | benthopelagic | 4.0 TL | 3.2 | native | |
| Micropanchax loati | Nile killifish | Procatopodidae | benthopelagic | 4.0 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Mochokus brevis | Mochokidae | demersal | 3.1 TL | 3.0 | native | |
| Mochokus niloticus | Mochokidae | demersal | 6.5 TL | 2.9 | native | |
| Mormyrops anguilloides | Cornish jack | Mormyridae | demersal | 150.0 TL | 3.8 | native |
| Mormyrus caschive | Mormyridae | demersal | 100.0 TL | 3.2 | native | |
| Mormyrus hasselquistii | Elephant snout | Mormyridae | demersal | 50.0 SL | 3.2 | native |
| Mormyrus kannume | Elephant-snout fish | Mormyridae | demersal | 100.0 SL | 3.2 | native |
| Mormyrus niloticus | Mormyridae | demersal | 46.0 TL | 3.2 | native | |
| Nannaethiops bleheri | Distichodontidae | benthopelagic | 2.2 SL | 3.0 | endemic | |
| Nannaethiops unitaeniatus | Oneline tetra | Distichodontidae | pelagic | 6.2 TL | 3.0 | misidentification |
| Nannocharax niloticus | Distichodontidae | pelagic | 4.7 SL | 3.1 | endemic | |
| Neobola nilotica | Danionidae | benthopelagic | 2.0 SL | 3.0 | endemic | |
| Neolebias trewavasae | Distichodontidae | pelagic | 4.1 SL | 2.8 | native | |
| Nothobranchius albertinensis | Nothobranchiidae | benthopelagic | 5.0 SL | 3.2 | endemic | |
| Nothobranchius bellemansi | Nothobranchiidae | pelagic | 4.6 SL | 3.2 | endemic | |
| Nothobranchius elucens | Nothobranchiidae | benthopelagic | 3.9 SL | 3.2 | endemic | |
| Nothobranchius nubaensis | Nothobranchiidae | benthopelagic | 5.0 SL | 3.2 | endemic | |
| Nothobranchius occultus | Nothobranchiidae | pelagic | 3.9 SL | 3.2 | endemic | |
| Nothobranchius taiti | Nothobranchiidae | benthopelagic | 3.5 SL | 3.2 | native | |
| Nothobranchius ugandensis | Uganda nothobranch | Nothobranchiidae | benthopelagic | 5.0 SL | 3.2 | endemic |
| Nothobranchius virgatus | Nothobranchiidae | benthopelagic | 5.5 TL | 3.3 | endemic | |
| Oreochromis aureus | Blue tilapia | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 45.7 TL | 2.1 | native |
| Oreochromis esculentus | Singida tilapia | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 50.0 SL | 2.5 | endemic |
| Oreochromis mossambicus | Mozambique tilapia | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 39.0 SL | 2.2 | introduced |
| 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 | 8.5 TL | 3.0 | native | |
| Parailia pellucida | Glass schilbid | Schilbeidae | demersal | 12.0 SL | 3.5 | native |
| Petrocephalus bane | Mormyridae | demersal | 20.0 SL | 3.2 | native | |
| Petrocephalus bovei | Mormyridae | demersal | 11.5 SL | 3.2 | native | |
| Petrocephalus keatingii | Mormyridae | demersal | 12.0 TL | 3.2 | endemic | |
| Platypanchax modestus | Ruwenzori lampeye | Procatopodidae | benthopelagic | 6.0 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Pollimyrus isidori | Elephant Fish | Mormyridae | demersal | 10.3 TL | 2.6 | 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 |
| Poropanchax normani | Norman's lampeye | Procatopodidae | benthopelagic | 4.5 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Protopterus aethiopicus | Marbled lungfish | Protopteridae | demersal | 200.0 TL | 4.4 | native |
| Protopterus annectens | West African lungfish | Protopteridae | demersal | 100.0 TL | 3.6 | questionable |
| Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor | Egyptian mouth-brooder | Cichlidae | demersal | 8.0 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Raiamas senegalensis | Senegal minnow | Danionidae | benthopelagic | 24.5 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Rubricatochromis bimaculatus | Jewelfish | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 13.6 SL | 3.9 | native |
| Rubricatochromis letourneuxi | Jewel fish | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 11.9 SL | 3.0 | native |
| Sarotherodon galilaeus | Mango tilapia | Cichlidae | demersal | 39.5 TL | 2.8 | 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 | |
| Siluranodon auritus | Schilbeidae | demersal | 14.0 SL | 2.9 | native | |
| Synodontis batensoda | Upsidedown catfish | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 28.6 TL | 2.8 | native |
| Synodontis caudovittatus | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 22.5 TL | 2.9 | endemic | |
| Synodontis clarias | Mandi | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 36.0 SL | 3.0 | native |
| Synodontis eupterus | Featherfin squeaker | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 30.0 SL | 2.7 | native |
| Synodontis filamentosus | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 26.0 SL | 2.9 | native | |
| Synodontis frontosus | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 34.2 TL | 2.8 | native | |
| Synodontis khartoumensis | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 21.0 TL | 2.9 | native | |
| Synodontis membranaceus | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 46.0 SL | 3.1 | native | |
| Synodontis nigrita | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 33.5 TL | 2.8 | native | |
| Synodontis schall | Wahrindi | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 40.0 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Synodontis serratus | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 39.5 TL | 2.8 | endemic | |
| Synodontis sorex | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 36.0 SL | 2.8 | native | |
| Synodontis victoriae | Lake Victoria squeaker | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 35.0 SL | 3.3 | native |
| Tetraodon lineatus | Globe fish | Tetraodontidae | demersal | 43.0 TL | 3.6 | native |
| Thoracochromis wingatii | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 5.3 SL | 3.2 | endemic | |
| Xenomystus nigri | African knifefish | Notopteridae | demersal | 30.0 SL | 3.3 | native |