| 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 |
|
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 |
| Brevimyrus niger |
|
Mormyridae |
benthopelagic |
15.0 TL |
3.3 |
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 |
| Brycinus sadleri |
Sadler's robber |
Alestidae |
pelagic |
13.8 TL |
3.2 |
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 |
3.4 |
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 |
2.5 |
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 |
5.0 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 |
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 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 |
|
3.2 |
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 |
7.6 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 |
3.3 |
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 |
2.2 |
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 |
| Siluranodon auritus |
|
Schilbeidae |
demersal |
14.0 SL |
2.9 |
native |
| Synodontis batensoda |
Upsidedown catfish |
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
20.5 SL |
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 |
2.8 |
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 |
37.0 SL |
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 |