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List of Freshwater Fishes for Jordan
Number of freshwater fish species:
32
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
Record number 1 to 32 |
| Order |
Family |
Species |
Status |
FB name |
Name |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Acanthobrama lissneri
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native | | |
| Perciformes |
Sparidae |
Acanthopagrus berda
|
native | Picnic seabream | |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla anguilla
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not established | European eel | |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Cyprinodontidae |
Aphanius mento
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native | | |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Cyprinodontidae |
Aphanius sirhani
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endemic | | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Aristichthys nobilis
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not established | Bighead carp | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Astatotilapia flaviijosephi
|
native | | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Barbus longiceps
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native | | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Capoeta damascina
|
native | | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Carasobarbus canis
|
native | | |
| Siluriformes |
Clariidae |
Clarias gariepinus
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native | North African catfish | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Cyprinus carpio carpio
|
introduced | Common carp | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Garra ghorensis
|
native | | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Garra rufa
|
native | | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Hemigrammocapoeta nana
|
native | | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
|
not established | Silver carp | |
| Cypriniformes |
Catostomidae |
Ictiobus cyprinellus
|
introduced | Bigmouth buffalo | |
| Cypriniformes |
Balitoridae |
Nemacheilus angorae
|
native | Angora loach | |
| Cypriniformes |
Balitoridae |
Nemacheilus insignis
|
native | | |
| Cypriniformes |
Balitoridae |
Nemacheilus leontinae
|
native | | |
| Cypriniformes |
Balitoridae |
Nun galilaeus
|
native | | |
| Salmoniformes |
Salmonidae |
Oncorhynchus mykiss
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introduced | Rainbow trout | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis aureus
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native | Blue tilapia | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis mossambicus
|
introduced | Mozambique tilapia | |
| Salmoniformes |
Salmonidae |
Salmo salar
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not established | Atlantic salmon | |
| Salmoniformes |
Salmonidae |
Salmo trutta trutta
|
not established | Sea trout | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus
|
native | Mango tilapia | Okkar |
| Perciformes |
Sillaginidae |
Sillago sihama
|
native | Silver sillago | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Tilapia zillii
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native | Redbelly tilapia | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Tinca tinca
|
not established | Tench | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Tristramella sacra
|
misidentification | | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Tristramella simonis simonis
|
native | | |
Page created by: Eli, 15.08.07,
last modified by: Eli, 23.08.07
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