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List of Freshwater Fishes for Central African Republic

Number of freshwater fish species: 72

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

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Family Scientific Name FB Name Name Status
Mastacembelidae Aethiomastacembelus robertsi   native
Aplocheilidae Aphyosemion bualanum   native
Aplocheilidae Aphyosemion christyi Christy's Lyretail   native
Aplocheilidae Aphyosemion decorsei   native
Aplocheilidae Aphyosemion wildekampi   native
Poeciliidae Aplocheilichthys hutereaui Meshscaled topminnow   native
Poeciliidae Aplocheilichthys normani Norman's lampeye   native
Poeciliidae Aplocheilichthys pfaffi Pfaff's lampeye   native
Cichlidae Astatoreochromis alluaudi Alluaud's haplo   introduced
Bagridae Bagrus docmak Semutundu   native
Cyprinidae Barbus baudoni   native
Cyprinidae Barbus brazzai   native
Cyprinidae Barbus castrasibutum   native
Cyprinidae Barbus stigmasemion   native
Cyprinidae Barbus tomiensis   native
Alestiidae Brycinus macrolepidotus True big-scale tetra   native
Mastacembelidae Caecomastacembelus decorsei   native
Mochokidae Chiloglanis batesii   native
Bagridae Chrysichthys wagenaari   native
Clariidae Clarias gariepinus North African catfish   native
Clupeidae Congothrissa gossei Smooth-belly pellonuline   native
Anabantidae Ctenopoma nigropannosum Twospot climbing perch   native
Cyprinidae Cyprinus carpio carpio Common carp   introduced
Aplocheilidae Epiplatys bifasciatus bifasciatus   native
Aplocheilidae Epiplatys chevalieri   native
Aplocheilidae Epiplatys mesogramma   native
Aplocheilidae Epiplatys spilargyreius   native
Poeciliidae Gambusia affinis Mosquitofish   introduced
Mormyridae Gnathonemus petersii Elephantnose fish   native
Cichlidae Haplochromis oligacanthus   native
Hepsetidae Hepsetus odoe Kafue pike   native
Clariidae Heterobranchus longifilis Vundu   native
Arapaimidae Heterotis niloticus Heterotis   introduced
Cyprinidae Labeo nasus   native
Cyprinidae Labeo simpsoni   native
Cichlidae Lamprologus mocquardi   native
Anabantidae Microctenopoma lineatum   native
Clupeidae Microthrissa royauxi Royal sprat   native
Mormyridae Mormyrus thomasi   native
Citharinidae Nannocharax ansorgii   native
Citharinidae Nannocharax hollyi   native
Citharinidae Nannocharax pteron   native
Clupeidae Nannothrissa parva Lake Tumba dwarf sprat   native
Cichlidae Nanochromis dimidiatus   native
Citharinidae Neolebias unifasciatus   native
Clupeidae Odaxothrissa vittata Regan's fangtooth pellonuline   native
Cyprinidae Opsaridium engrauloides   native
Cichlidae Oreochromis niloticus niloticus Nile tilapia   introduced
Pantodontidae Pantodon buchholzi Freshwater butterflyfish   native
Mormyridae Petrocephalus guttatus   native
Polypteridae Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri Saddled bichir   native
Polypteridae Polypterus retropinnis West African bichir   native
Polypteridae Polypterus senegalus senegalus Gray bichir   native
Clupeidae Potamothrissa acutirostris Sharpnosed sawtooth pellonuline   native
Clupeidae Potamothrissa obtusirostris Bluntnosed sawtooth pellonuline   native
Protopteridae Protopterus annectens annectens West African lungfish  Kuri native
Protopteridae Protopterus dolloi Slender lungfish   native
Amphiliidae Psammphiletria nasuta   native
Cichlidae Pterochromis congicus   native
Cichlidae Steatocranus ubanguiensis   native
Mochokidae Synodontis ornatissimus   native
Mochokidae Synodontis smiti   native
Mochokidae Synodontis vaillanti   native
Amphiliidae Tetracamphilius angustifrons   native
Amphiliidae Tetracamphilius clandestinus   native
Amphiliidae Tetracamphilius notatus   native
Amphiliidae Tetracamphilius pectinatus   native
Cichlidae Tilapia zillii Redbelly tilapia   native
Cichlidae Tylochromis labrodon   native
Cichlidae Tylochromis robertsi   native
Cichlidae Tylochromis variabilis   native
Amphiliidae Zaireichthys mandevillei   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.