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List of Freshwater Fishes for Tunisia
Number of freshwater fish species:
33
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 33 |
| Order |
Family |
Species |
Status |
FB name |
Name |
| Acipenseriformes |
Acipenseridae |
Acipenser sturio
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native | Sturgeon | |
| Clupeiformes |
Clupeidae |
Alosa alosa
|
native | Allis shad | |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla anguilla
|
native | European eel | |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Cyprinodontidae |
Aphanius fasciatus
|
native | | |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Cyprinodontidae |
Aphanius iberus
|
native | Spanish toothcarp | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Astatotilapia desfontainii
|
native | | |
| Atheriniformes |
Atherinidae |
Atherina boyeri
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native | Big-scale sand smelt | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Barbus callensis
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native | Algerian barb | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Chelon labrosus
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native | Thicklip grey mullet | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Ctenopharyngodon idella
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introduced | Grass carp | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Cyprinus carpio carpio
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introduced | Common carp | |
| Perciformes |
Moronidae |
Dicentrarchus labrax
|
native | European seabass | |
| Esociformes |
Esocidae |
Esox lucius
|
introduced | Northern pike | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Gobius paganellus
|
native | Rock goby | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Liza aurata
|
native | Golden grey mullet | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Liza ramado
|
native | Thinlip mullet | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Liza saliens
|
native | Leaping mullet | |
| Perciformes |
Centrarchidae |
Micropterus salmoides
|
introduced | Largemouth bass | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Mugil cephalus
|
native | Flathead mullet | Bouri |
| Salmoniformes |
Salmonidae |
Oncorhynchus mykiss
|
not established | Rainbow trout | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis mossambicus
|
introduced | Mozambique tilapia | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis niloticus niloticus
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introduced | Nile tilapia | |
| Petromyzontiformes |
Petromyzontidae |
Petromyzon marinus
|
native | Sea lamprey | |
| Pleuronectiformes |
Pleuronectidae |
Platichthys flesus
|
native | Flounder | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Pseudophoxinus callensis
|
native | | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Pseudophoxinus punicus
|
native | | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Rutilus rubilio
|
introduced | | |
| Perciformes |
Percidae |
Sander lucioperca
|
introduced | Pike-perch | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
|
introduced | Rudd | |
| Siluriformes |
Siluridae |
Silurus glanis
|
introduced | Wels catfish | |
| Syngnathiformes |
Syngnathidae |
Syngnathus abaster
|
native | Black-striped pipefish | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Tilapia zillii
|
native | Redbelly tilapia | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Tinca tinca
|
not established | Tench | |
Page created by: Eli, 15.08.07,
last modified by: Lei, 20.11.08
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