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List of Freshwater Fishes for Lebanon
Number of freshwater fish species:
27
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 27 |
| Order |
Family |
Species |
Status |
FB name |
Name |
| Acipenseriformes |
Acipenseridae |
Acipenser sturio
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native | Sturgeon | |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla anguilla
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native | European eel | H'anklyss |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Cyprinodontidae |
Aphanius fasciatus
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native | | Samak Ghomoq |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Cyprinodontidae |
Aphanius mento
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native | | |
| Atheriniformes |
Atherinidae |
Atherina boyeri
|
native | Big-scale sand smelt | Bizhreh 'Hâdy |
| Cypriniformes |
Balitoridae |
Barbatula panthera
|
native | | |
| Cypriniformes |
Balitoridae |
Barbatula tigris
|
native | | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Barbus longiceps
|
misidentification | | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Carasobarbus canis
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misidentification | | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Chelon labrosus
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native | Thicklip grey mullet | Boûry Sayloun |
| Siluriformes |
Clariidae |
Clarias gariepinus
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native | North African catfish | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Cyprinus carpio carpio
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introduced | Common carp | |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Poeciliidae |
Gambusia holbrooki
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introduced | Eastern mosquitofish | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Garra rufa
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Gobius paganellus
|
native | Rock goby | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
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introduced | Silver carp | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Liza aurata
|
native | Golden grey mullet | Boûry Shylân |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Liza ramado
|
native | Thinlip mullet | Boûry Dhehbân |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Mugil cephalus
|
native | Flathead mullet | Gharyb |
| Cypriniformes |
Balitoridae |
Nemacheilus angorae
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native | Angora loach | |
| Cypriniformes |
Balitoridae |
Nemacheilus insignis
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misidentification | | |
| Cypriniformes |
Balitoridae |
Nemacheilus leontinae
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native | | |
| Salmoniformes |
Salmonidae |
Oncorhynchus mykiss
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not established | Rainbow trout | |
| Pleuronectiformes |
Pleuronectidae |
Platichthys flesus
|
native | Flounder | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Pseudophoxinus kervillei
|
native | | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Squalius lepidus
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Tilapia zillii
|
native | Redbelly tilapia | |
Page created by: Eli, 15.08.07,
last modified by: Eli, 23.08.07
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