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List of Freshwater Fishes for Burkina Faso

Number of freshwater fish species: 106 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.
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Order	Family	Species	Status	FB name	Name
Characiformes	Alestidae	Alestes baremoze	native	Silversides
Characiformes	Alestidae	Alestes dentex	native	Characin	Mimbre
Cyprinodontiformes	Poeciliidae	Aplocheilichthys normani	native	Norman's lampeye
Cyprinodontiformes	Poeciliidae	Aplocheilichthys pfaffi	native	Pfaff's lampeye
Siluriformes	Ariidae	Arius gigas	native	Giant sea catfish
Siluriformes	Bagridae	Bagrus bajad	native	Bayad	Kuilsiuugu
Siluriformes	Bagridae	Bagrus docmak	native	Semutundu	Kuilsiuugu
Siluriformes	Bagridae	Bagrus filamentosus	native		Kuilsiuugu
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barbus ablabes	native		Bedempuure
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barbus baudoni	native
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barbus bawkuensis	native
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barbus bynni occidentalis	native	Niger barb	Bedempuure
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barbus leonensis	native
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barbus macinensis	native
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barbus macrops	native	Blackstripe barb
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barbus nigeriensis	native
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barbus parablabes	native
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barbus perince	native
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barbus pobeguini	native
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barbus punctitaeniatus	native
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barbus stigmatopygus	native
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Barbus sublineatus	native
Osteoglossiformes	Mormyridae	Brienomyrus niger	native		Nanadenin
Characiformes	Alestidae	Brycinus leuciscus	native
Characiformes	Alestidae	Brycinus luteus	native
Characiformes	Alestidae	Brycinus macrolepidotus	native	True big-scale tetra	Farabanin
Characiformes	Alestidae	Brycinus nurse	native	Nurse tetra	Kuwulen
Osteoglossiformes	Mormyridae	Campylomormyrus tamandua	native	Wormjawed mormyrid	Nanadakurun
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Chelaethiops bibie	native	Lake Turkana sardine
Siluriformes	Mochokidae	Chiloglanis occidentalis	native
Siluriformes	Mochokidae	Chiloglanis voltae	native
Siluriformes	Claroteidae	Chrysichthys auratus	native
Characiformes	Citharinidae	Citharinops distichodoides thomasi	native
Characiformes	Citharinidae	Citharinus citharus citharus	native	Moon fish	Kuilmiisgu
Characiformes	Citharinidae	Citharinus latus	native
Siluriformes	Clariidae	Clarias anguillaris	native	Mudfish	Saale
Siluriformes	Clariidae	Clarias gariepinus	native	North African catfish
Siluriformes	Claroteidae	Clarotes laticeps	native	Widehead catfish	Keren
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Clypeobarbus hypsolepis	native
Gonorynchiformes	Kneriidae	Cromeria occidentalis	native
Characiformes	Citharinidae	Distichodus brevipinnis	native		Binjimijigɛ
Characiformes	Citharinidae	Distichodus engycephalus	native	Perch
Characiformes	Citharinidae	Distichodus rostratus	native	Grass-eater	Binjimijigɛ
Cyprinodontiformes	Nothobranchiidae	Epiplatys bifasciatus bifasciatus	native
Cyprinodontiformes	Nothobranchiidae	Epiplatys spilargyreius	native
Siluriformes	Clariidae	Heterobranchus bidorsalis	native	African catfish	Seega
Siluriformes	Clariidae	Heterobranchus isopterus	native
Siluriformes	Clariidae	Heterobranchus longifilis	native	Vundu	Seega
Osteoglossiformes	Arapaimidae	Heterotis niloticus	native	Heterotis	Faanan
Osteoglossiformes	Mormyridae	Hippopotamyrus pictus	native		Yalgen-sablga
Osteoglossiformes	Mormyridae	Hippopotamyrus psittacus	native		Yalgen-no-kiuugu
Characiformes	Alestidae	Hydrocynus brevis	native	Tiger-fish	Basoaka
Characiformes	Alestidae	Hydrocynus forskahlii	native		Basoaka
Osteoglossiformes	Mormyridae	Hyperopisus bebe bebe	native
Osteoglossiformes	Mormyridae	Hyperopisus bebe occidentalis	native		Nanadasurun
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Labeo coubie	native	African carp	Bedempuure
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Labeo parvus	native		Bedempuure
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Labeo senegalensis	native		Bedempuure
Clupeiformes	Clupeidae	Laeviscutella dekimpei	native	Roundbelly pellonuline
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Leptocypris niloticus	native
Siluriformes	Malapteruridae	Malapterurus electricus	native	Electric catfish	Tiginin
Siluriformes	Malapteruridae	Malapterurus minjiriya	native
Osteoglossiformes	Mormyridae	Marcusenius abadii	native		Nanandenim
Osteoglossiformes	Mormyridae	Marcusenius senegalensis senegalensis	native
Characiformes	Alestidae	Micralestes comoensis	native
Characiformes	Alestidae	Micralestes elongatus	native	Elongated Turkana robber
Characiformes	Alestidae	Micralestes occidentalis	native
Characiformes	Alestidae	Micralestes pabrensis	native
Osteoglossiformes	Mormyridae	Mormyrops breviceps	native		Yemdele
Osteoglossiformes	Mormyridae	Mormyrus hasselquistii	native	Elephant snout	Nanadasurun
Characiformes	Citharinidae	Nannocharax ansorgii	native
Characiformes	Citharinidae	Neolebias unifasciatus	native
Cyprinodontiformes	Nothobranchiidae	Nothobranchius kiyawensis	native
Cyprinodontiformes	Nothobranchiidae	Nothobranchius thierryi	native	Togo Killifish
Perciformes	Cichlidae	Oreochromis macrochir	introduced	Longfin tilapia
Perciformes	Cichlidae	Oreochromis niloticus niloticus	native	Nile tilapia	Tɛbɛnfin
Perciformes	Channidae	Parachanna obscura	native	Snake-head
Characiformes	Citharinidae	Paradistichodus dimidiatus	native
Siluriformes	Schilbeidae	Parailia pellucida	native	Glass schilbid
Clupeiformes	Clupeidae	Pellonula leonensis	native	Smalltoothed pellonula
Osteoglossiformes	Mormyridae	Petrocephalus bane bane	native
Osteoglossiformes	Mormyridae	Petrocephalus bovei bovei	native		Nanadenin
Osteoglossiformes	Mormyridae	Petrocephalus pallidomaculatus	native
Osteoglossiformes	Mormyridae	Petrocephalus soudanensis	native
Siluriformes	Amphiliidae	Phractura clauseni	native
Osteoglossiformes	Mormyridae	Pollimyrus isidori isidori	native	Elephant Fish	Nanadenin
Polypteriformes	Polypteridae	Polypterus bichir lapradei	native	Bichir
Polypteriformes	Polypteridae	Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri	native	Saddled bichir	Kuilwaafo
Polypteriformes	Polypteridae	Polypterus senegalus senegalus	native	Gray bichir	Kuilwaafo
Cyprinodontiformes	Poeciliidae	Procatopus schioetzi	native	Schi�tz' lampeye
Lepidosireniformes	Protopteridae	Protopterus annectens annectens	native	West African lungfish	Reoolgo
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Raiamas senegalensis	native	Silver fish
Characiformes	Alestidae	Rhabdalestes septentrionalis	native
Siluriformes	Schilbeidae	Schilbe micropogon	native
Cyprinodontiformes	Nothobranchiidae	Scriptaphyosemion banforense	native
Cyprinodontiformes	Nothobranchiidae	Scriptaphyosemion guignardi	native
Siluriformes	Schilbeidae	Siluranodon auritus	native
Perciformes	Cichlidae	Steatocranus irvinei	native	Cichlid
Siluriformes	Mochokidae	Synodontis arnoulti	native		Kuilkeka
Siluriformes	Mochokidae	Synodontis gambiensis	native
Siluriformes	Mochokidae	Synodontis sorex	native		Kuilkeka
Siluriformes	Mochokidae	Synodontis velifer	native		Kuilkeka
Siluriformes	Mochokidae	Synodontis violacea	native		Kuilkeka
Siluriformes	Mochokidae	Synodontis voltae	native
Tetraodontiformes	Tetraodontidae	Tetraodon lineatus	native	Globe fish
Perciformes	Cichlidae	Tilapia dageti	native

Page created by: Eli, 15.08.07, last modified by: Lei, 20.11.08

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