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Fish Species in Pra River Rises in the Kwahu Plateau near Mpraeso and flows 240 km southward to enter the Gulf of Guinea at Shama | |||||
| [No. of Species listed in Fishbase.org=75] | |||||
| Species | Family | Habitat | Length (cm) | Trophic level | Status |
| Aethiomastacembelus nigromarginatus | Mastacembelidae | benthopelagic | 34 TL | 3.8 | native |
| Aethiomastacembelus praensis | Mastacembelidae | benthopelagic | 44 TL | 3.9 | native |
| Amphilius atesuensis | Amphiliidae | demersal | 7 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Aplocheilichthys schioetzi | Poeciliidae | benthopelagic | 4 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Aplocheilichthys spilauchen | Poeciliidae | benthopelagic | 7 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Awaous lateristriga | Gobiidae | demersal | 27 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Barbus ablabes | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 12 TL | 2.5 | native |
| Barbus bynni waldroni | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 40 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Barbus macrops | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 12 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus subinensis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 5 TL | 3.0 | endemic |
| Barbus trispilos | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 11 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus walkeri | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 10 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus wurtzi | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 26 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Brycinus brevis | Alestiidae | demersal | 23 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Brycinus imberi | Alestiidae | demersal | 20 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Brycinus longipinnis | Alestiidae | pelagic | 13 TL | 2.2 | native |
| Brycinus macrolepidotus | Alestiidae | pelagic | 65 TL | 2.3 | native |
| Brycinus nurse | Alestiidae | pelagic | 25 TL | 2.4 | native |
| Chiloglanis occidentalis | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 7 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Chromidotilapia guentheri guentheri | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 16 TL | 2.4 | native |
| Chrysichthys auratus auratus | Bagridae | demersal | 43 TL | 3.7 | native |
| Chrysichthys maurus | Bagridae | demersal | 63 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus | Bagridae | demersal | 80 TL | 2.6 | native |
| Chrysichthys walkeri | Bagridae | demersal | 25 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Clarias agboyiensis | Clariidae | demersal | 24 TL | 3.7 | native |
| Clarias anguillaris | Clariidae | demersal | 100 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Clarias laeviceps laeviceps | Clariidae | demersal | 32 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Clarias macromystax | Clariidae | demersal | 32 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Distichodus rostratus | Citharinidae | demersal | 76 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Epiplatys bifasciatus bifasciatus | Aplocheilidae | benthopelagic | 6 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Epiplatys chaperi | Aplocheilidae | benthopelagic | 6 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Epiplatys dageti dageti | Aplocheilidae | benthopelagic | 6 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Fundulopanchax walkeri | Aplocheilidae | benthopelagic | 6 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Hemichromis bimaculatus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 17 TL | 3.9 | native |
| Hemichromis fasciatus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 25 TL | 3.5 | native |
| Hepsetus odoe | Hepsetidae | demersal | 70 TL | 4.5 | native |
| Heterobranchus isopterus | Clariidae | demersal | 90 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Heterobranchus longifilis | Clariidae | demersal | 183 TL | 3.7 | native |
| Hydrocynus forskalii | Alestiidae | pelagic | 96 TL | 4.0 | native |
| Labeo brachypoma | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 29 TL | 2.5 | native |
| Labeo parvus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 47 TL | 2.4 | native |
| Lepidarchus adonis | Alestiidae | pelagic | 3 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Limbochromis robertsi | Cichlidae | demersal | 10 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Malapterurus electricus | Malapteruridae | benthopelagic | 149 TL | 4.5 | native |
| Marcusenius senegalensis senegalensis | Mormyridae | demersal | 40 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Marcusenius ussheri | Mormyridae | demersal | 38 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Micralestes occidentalis | Alestiidae | pelagic | 8 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Micralestes pabrensis | Alestiidae | pelagic | 6 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Mormyrops anguilloides | Mormyridae | demersal | 150 TL | 4.0 | native |
| Mormyrops breviceps | Mormyridae | demersal | 80 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Nannocharax ansorgii | Citharinidae | pelagic | 5 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Nannocharax fasciatus | Citharinidae | pelagic | 9 TL | 3.5 | native |
| Nematogobius maindroni | Gobiidae | demersal | 8 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Neolebias unifasciatus | Citharinidae | pelagic | 6 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Oreochromis niloticus niloticus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 74 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Papyrocranus afer | Notopteridae | demersal | 80 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Parachanna obscura | Channidae | demersal | 42 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Pellonula leonensis | Clupeidae | pelagic | 10 TL | 3.5 | native |
| Petrocephalus bovei bovei | Mormyridae | demersal | 14 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Petrocephalus soudanensis | Mormyridae | demersal | 12 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Polypterus senegalus senegalus | Polypteridae | demersal | 51 TL | 3.5 | native |
| Raiamas nigeriensis | Cyprinidae | demersal | 13 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Raiamas senegalensis | Cyprinidae | demersal | 25 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Rhabdalestes septentrionalis | Alestiidae | pelagic | 7 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus | Cichlidae | demersal | 41 TL | 2.1 | native |
| Sarotherodon galilaeus multifasciatus | Cichlidae | demersal | 17 TL | 2.8 | native |
| Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron | Cichlidae | demersal | 31 TL | 2.5 | native |
| Schilbe intermedius | Schilbeidae | pelagic | 61 TL | 3.7 | native |
| Schilbe mandibularis | Schilbeidae | demersal | 50 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Synodontis obesus | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 38 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Synodontis schall | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 49 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Synodontis velifer | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 24 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Tilapia busumana | Cichlidae | demersal | 22 TL | 3.5 | native |
| Tilapia discolor | Cichlidae | demersal | 23 TL | 3.5 | native |
| Tilapia guineensis | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 35 TL | 2.8 | native |
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