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List of Freshwater Fishes for Botswana

Number of freshwater fish species: 82

The tables below were generated from Fishbase.org - A project to provide indexing and links for all known species as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity. All links below take you to pages on the fishbase.org site.
Tropical Freshwater Fish | Biotope aquaria | Country Index

All Content Below is Copyright Fishbase.org
Family Scientific Name FB Name Name Status
Poeciliidae Aplocheilichthys hutereaui Meshscaled topminnow   native
Poeciliidae Aplocheilichthys katangae Striped topminnow   native
Poeciliidae Aplocheilichthys myaposae Natal topminnow   native
Cyprinidae Barbus afrovernayi Spottail barb   native
Cyprinidae Barbus barnardi Blackback barb   native
Cyprinidae Barbus bifrenatus Hyphen barb   native
Cyprinidae Barbus eutaenia Orangefin barb   native
Cyprinidae Barbus fasciolatus African banded barb   native
Cyprinidae Barbus haasianus Sickle barb   native
Cyprinidae Barbus miolepis Zigzag barb   native
Cyprinidae Barbus multilineatus Copperstripe barb   native
Cyprinidae Barbus neefi Sidespot barb   native
Cyprinidae Barbus paludinosus Straightfin barb   native
Cyprinidae Barbus poechii Dashtail barb   native
Cyprinidae Barbus radiatus aurantiacus   native
Cyprinidae Barbus radiatus radiatus Redeye barb   native
Cyprinidae Barbus thamalakanensis Thamalakane barb   native
Cyprinidae Barbus trimaculatus Threespot barb   native
Cyprinidae Barbus unitaeniatus Slender barb   native
Alestiidae Brycinus lateralis Striped robber   native
Alestiidae Brycinus macrolepidotus True big-scale tetra   native
Mochokidae Chiloglanis fasciatus Okavango suckermouth   native
Clariidae Clarias gariepinus North African catfish   native
Clariidae Clarias ngamensis Blunt-toothed African catfish   native
Clariidae Clarias stappersii Blotched catfish   native
Clariidae Clarias theodorae Snake catfish   native
Cyprinidae Coptostomabarbus wittei Upjaw barb   native
Anabantidae Ctenopoma multispine Manyspined ctenopoma   native
Cichlidae Hemichromis elongatus Banded jewel cichlid   native
Citharinidae Hemigrammocharax machadoi Dwarf citharine   native
Citharinidae Hemigrammocharax multifasciatus Multibar citharine   native
Hepsetidae Hepsetus odoe Kafue pike   native
Mormyridae Hippopotamyrus ansorgii Slender stonebasher   native
Mormyridae Hippopotamyrus discorhynchus Zambezi parrotfish   native
Alestiidae Hydrocynus vittatus Tiger fish   native
Cyprinidae Labeo cylindricus Redeye labeo   native
Cyprinidae Labeo lunatus Upper Zambezi labeo   native
Cyprinidae Labeo molybdinus Leaden labeo   native
Cyprinidae Labeo rosae   native
Mormyridae Marcusenius macrolepidotus macrolepidotus Bulldog   native
Mastacembelidae Mastacembelus frenatus Longtail spiny eel   native
Cyprinidae Mesobola brevianalis River sardine   native
Alestiidae Micralestes acutidens Sharptooth tetra   native
Anabantidae Microctenopoma intermedium   native
Poeciliidae Micropanchax johnstoni Johnston's topminnow   native
Centrarchidae Micropterus salmoides Largemouth bass   introduced
Mormyridae Mormyrus lacerda Western bottlenose mormyrid   native
Citharinidae Nannocharax macropterus Broad-barred citharine   native
Cyprinidae Opsaridium zambezense Barred minnow   native
Cichlidae Oreochromis andersonii Three spotted tilapia   native
Cichlidae Oreochromis macrochir Longfin tilapia   native
Cichlidae Oreochromis mossambicus Mozambique tilapia   native
Bagridae Parauchenoglanis ngamensis Zambezi grunter   native
Mormyridae Petrocephalus catostoma catostoma Churchill   native
Cichlidae Pharyngochromis darlingi Zambezi happy   native
Mormyridae Pollimyrus castelnaui Dwarf stonebasher   native
Cichlidae Pseudocrenilabrus philander philander Southern mouthbrooder   native
Alestiidae Rhabdalestes maunensis Okavango robber   native
Alestiidae Rhabdalestes rhodesiensis Slender robber   native
Cichlidae Sargochromis carlottae Rainbow happy   native
Cichlidae Sargochromis codringtonii Green happy   native
Cichlidae Sargochromis giardi Pink happy   native
Cichlidae Sargochromis greenwoodi Greenwood's happy   native
Schilbeidae Schilbe intermedius Silver catfish   native
Schilbeidae Schilbe mystus African butter catfish   native
Cichlidae Serranochromis altus Humpback largemouth   native
Cichlidae Serranochromis angusticeps Thinface cichlid   native
Cichlidae Serranochromis longimanus Longfin largemouth   native
Cichlidae Serranochromis macrocephalus Purpleface largemouth   native
Cichlidae Serranochromis robustus jallae Nembwe   native
Cichlidae Serranochromis thumbergi Brownspot largemouth   native
Mochokidae Synodontis leopardinus Leopard squeaker   native
Mochokidae Synodontis macrostigma Largespot squeaker   native
Mochokidae Synodontis nigromaculatus Blackspotted squeaker   native
Mochokidae Synodontis thamalakanensis   native
Mochokidae Synodontis vanderwaali   native
Mochokidae Synodontis woosnami Upper Zambezi squeaker   native
Cichlidae Tilapia guinasana Otjikoto tilapia   introduced
Cichlidae Tilapia rendalli Redbreast tilapia   native
Cichlidae Tilapia ruweti Okavango tilapia   native
Cichlidae Tilapia sparrmanii Banded tilapia   native
Amphiliidae Zaireichthys rotundiceps Spotted sand catlet   native
Page created by Jen, 21.10.03 last modified by Eli, 17.11.04


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Copyright Rhett Butler 1994-2006

The copy for fish.mongabay.com was written in 1994-1995. Therefore some information such as scientific names may be out of date. For this, I apologize. Feel free to send corrections to me.