| Order | Family | Species | Occurrence | FishBase name | Name in Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characiformes | Alestidae | Alestes baremoze | native | Silversides | Kawara baladi |
| Characiformes | Alestidae | Alestes dentex | native | Characin | Kawwara baladi |
| Siluriformes | Amphiliidae | Andersonia leptura | native | ||
| Cyprinodontiformes | Aphaniidae | Aphaniops dispar | native | Arabian pupfish | |
| Siluriformes | Claroteidae | Auchenoglanis biscutatus | native | Zammar | |
| Siluriformes | Claroteidae | Auchenoglanis occidentalis | native | Bubu | Humar el hut |
| Siluriformes | Bagridae | Bagrus bajad | native | Bayad | Bayad |
| Siluriformes | Bagridae | Bagrus docmak | native | Semutundu | Abu shanad |
| Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Brevimyrus niger | native | Um shiffa | |
| Characiformes | Alestidae | Brycinus macrolepidotus | native | True big-scale tetra | Kawwara safsaf |
| Characiformes | Alestidae | Brycinus nurse | native | Nurse tetra | Kawwara himila |
| Cypriniformes | Danionidae | Chelaethiops bibie | native | Lake Turkana sardine | Bibie |
| Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Chiloglanis niloticus | native | ||
| Siluriformes | Claroteidae | Chrysichthys auratus | native | Golden Nile catfish | Abu rial |
| Siluriformes | Claroteidae | Chrysichthys rueppelli | native | ||
| Characiformes | Citharinidae | Citharinus citharus | native | Moon fish | Betkoya |
| Characiformes | Citharinidae | Citharinus latus | native | Betkoya | |
| Siluriformes | Clariidae | Clarias alluaudi | native | Alluaud's catfish | Tukpe |
| Siluriformes | Clariidae | Clarias anguillaris | native | Mudfish | Garmut |
| Siluriformes | Clariidae | Clarias gariepinus | native | North African catfish | Abu shanab |
| Siluriformes | Clariidae | Clarias liocephalus | native | Smoothhead catfish | Tukpe |
| Siluriformes | Clariidae | Clarias werneri | native | Werner's catfish | Abu shanab |
| Siluriformes | Claroteidae | Clarotes laticeps | native | Widehead catfish | Abu misaika |
| Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Coptodon zillii | native | Redbelly tilapia | Bulti |
| Cypriniformes | Xenocyprididae | Ctenopharyngodon idella | introduced | Grass carp | |
| Anabantiformes | Anabantidae | Ctenopoma muriei | native | Ocellated labyrinth fish | Nakpaia |
| Anabantiformes | Anabantidae | Ctenopoma petherici | native | Nakpaia | |
| Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Cyphomyrus petherici | native | Ras el hagar | |
| Characiformes | Distichodontidae | Distichodus brevipinnis | native | Khraish | |
| Characiformes | Distichodontidae | Distichodus engycephalus | native | Perch | Khraish |
| Characiformes | Distichodontidae | Distichodus nefasch | native | Khraish | |
| Characiformes | Distichodontidae | Distichodus rostratus | native | Grass-eater | Khraish |
| Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Enteromius anema | native | ||
| Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Enteromius macrops | native | Blackstripe barb | |
| Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Enteromius neglectus | native | ||
| Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Enteromius perince | native | Pedi | |
| Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Enteromius pumilus | native | ||
| Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Enteromius stigmatopygus | native | Pedi | |
| Cyprinodontiformes | Nothobranchiidae | Epiplatys bifasciatus | native | ||
| Cyprinodontiformes | Nothobranchiidae | Epiplatys spilargyreius | native | ||
| Cyprinodontiformes | Poeciliidae | Gambusia affinis | introduced | Mosquitofish | Gambusie |
| Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Garra blanfordii | native | ||
| Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Garra jamila | endemic | ||
| Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Garra napata | native | ||
| Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Garra sannarensis | endemic | ||
| Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Garra vinciguerrae | native | ||
| Osteoglossiformes | Gymnarchidae | Gymnarchus niloticus | native | Aba | Weer |
| Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Hemichromis fasciatus | native | Banded jewelfish | Mbagui |
| Siluriformes | Clariidae | Heterobranchus bidorsalis | native | African catfish | Ngaru |
| Siluriformes | Clariidae | Heterobranchus longifilis | native | Sampa | Surta |
| Osteoglossiformes | Arapaimidae | Heterotis niloticus | native | African bonytongue | Nauk |
| Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Hippopotamyrus pictus | native | ||
| Characiformes | Alestidae | Hydrocynus brevis | native | Tiger-fish | Kalb el bahr |
| Characiformes | Alestidae | Hydrocynus forskahlii | native | Elongate tigerfish | |
| Characiformes | Alestidae | Hydrocynus vittatus | native | Tiger fish | Kas |
| Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Hyperopisus bebe | native | Sawya | |
| Characiformes | Distichodontidae | Ichthyborus besse | native | Alekagurgur | |
| Gobiiformes | Butidae | Kribia nana | native | ||
| Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Labeo coubie | native | African carp | Tutkum |
| Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Labeo forskalii | native | Durumbia | |
| Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Labeo horie | native | Dabs kabir | |
| Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Labeo latebra | endemic | ||
| Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Labeo meroensis | endemic | ||
| Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Labeo niloticus | native | Nile labeo | Dabs kabir |
| Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Labeo parvus | native | Durumbia | |
| Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Labeobarbus bynni | native | Niger barb | Binnie |
| Cyprinodontiformes | Procatopodidae | Lacustricola hutereaui | native | Meshscaled topminnow | |
| Carangaria/misc | Latidae | Lates niloticus | native | Nile perch | Igl |
| Cypriniformes | Danionidae | Leptocypris niloticus | native | Pedi | |
| Siluriformes | Malapteruridae | Malapterurus electricus | native | Electric catfish | Barada |
| Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Marcusenius cyprinoides | native | Mbongombongo | |
| Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Marcusenius macrolepidotus | native | Bulldog | Mbongombongo |
| Elopiformes | Megalopidae | Megalops cyprinoides | native | Indo-Pacific tarpon | |
| Characiformes | Alestidae | Micralestes elongatus | native | Elongated Turkana robber | |
| Anabantiformes | Anabantidae | Microctenopoma pekkolai | native | ||
| Anabantiformes | Anabantidae | Microctenopoma uelense | native | ||
| Cyprinodontiformes | Procatopodidae | Micropanchax kingii | native | ||
| Cyprinodontiformes | Procatopodidae | Micropanchax loati | native | Nile killifish | |
| Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Mochokus brevis | native | ||
| Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Mochokus niloticus | native | ||
| Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Mormyrops anguilloides | native | Cornish jack | Taraza |
| Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Mormyrus caschive | native | Khashm al banat | |
| Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Mormyrus hasselquistii | native | Elephant snout | Khashm al banat |
| Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Mormyrus kannume | native | Elephant-snout fish | Khashm el banat |
| Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Mormyrus niloticus | native | ||
| Characiformes | Distichodontidae | Nannocharax niloticus | endemic | ||
| Cypriniformes | Danionidae | Neobola nilotica | endemic | ||
| Cyprinodontiformes | Nothobranchiidae | Nothobranchius bellemansi | endemic | ||
| Cyprinodontiformes | Nothobranchiidae | Nothobranchius nubaensis | native | ||
| Cyprinodontiformes | Nothobranchiidae | Nothobranchius occultus | endemic | ||
| Cyprinodontiformes | Nothobranchiidae | Nothobranchius rubroreticulatus | native | ||
| Cyprinodontiformes | Nothobranchiidae | Nothobranchius virgatus | native | ||
| Salmoniformes | Salmonidae | Oncorhynchus mykiss | introduced | Rainbow trout | Truite arc-en-ciel |
| Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Oreochromis aureus | native | Blue tilapia | |
| Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Oreochromis macrochir | introduced | Longfin tilapia | |
| Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Oreochromis niloticus | native | Nile tilapia | Bulti |
| Anabantiformes | Channidae | Parachanna obscura | native | African obscure snakehead | Fakka |
| Characiformes | Distichodontidae | Paradistichodus dimidiatus | native | ||
| Siluriformes | Schilbeidae | Parailia pellucida | native | Glass schilbid | |
| Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Petrocephalus bane | native | Ras el hagar | |
| Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Petrocephalus bovei | native | Ras el hagar | |
| Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Petrocephalus keatingii | native | ||
| Osteoglossiformes | Mormyridae | Pollimyrus isidori | native | Elephant Fish | Ras el hagar |
| Polypteriformes | Polypteridae | Polypterus bichir | native | Nile bichir | Dabib el hut |
| Polypteriformes | Polypteridae | Polypterus endlicherii | native | Saddled bichir | Bichir |
| Polypteriformes | Polypteridae | Polypterus senegalus | native | Gray bichir | Bichir |
| Cyprinodontiformes | Procatopodidae | Poropanchax normani | native | Norman's lampeye | |
| Ceratodontiformes | Protopteridae | Protopterus aethiopicus | native | Marbled lungfish | Samak el teen |
| Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor | native | Egyptian mouth-brooder | |
| Cypriniformes | Danionidae | Raiamas senegalensis | native | Senegal minnow | Makembako |
| Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Rubricatochromis letourneuxi | native | Jewel fish | Saraba |
| Cichliformes | Cichlidae | Sarotherodon galilaeus | native | Mango tilapia | |
| Siluriformes | Schilbeidae | Schilbe intermedius | native | Silver catfish | Shilbaya |
| Siluriformes | Schilbeidae | Schilbe mystus | native | African butter catfish | Shilbaya aravbia |
| Siluriformes | Schilbeidae | Schilbe uranoscopus | native | Um katif | |
| Eupercaria/misc | Sillaginidae | Sillago sihama | native | Silver sillago | |
| Siluriformes | Schilbeidae | Siluranodon auritus | native | Shilba areanna | |
| Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis batensoda | native | Upsidedown catfish | Galabaya |
| Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis caudovittatus | native | Gargur | |
| Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis clarias | native | Mandi | Gargur |
| Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis eupterus | native | Featherfin squeaker | |
| Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis filamentosus | native | Gargur | |
| Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis frontosus | native | Gargur | |
| Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis khartoumensis | native | ||
| Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis membranaceus | native | Galabaya | |
| Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis nigrita | native | Gargur | |
| Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis schall | native | Wahrindi | Gargur |
| Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis serratus | native | Gargur | |
| Siluriformes | Mochokidae | Synodontis sorex | native | Gargur | |
| Tetraodontiformes | Tetraodontidae | Tetraodon lineatus | native | Globe fish | Tambera |