Freshwater Fish Species in Gï¿½ba River [Guinea Bissau, West Africa]
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Fish Species in Gï¿½ba

[No. of Species listed in Fishbase.org=68]

Species Family Habitat Length (cm) Trophic level Status

Alestes baremoze Alestiidae benthopelagic 43 TL 2.8 native

Aplocheilichthys normani Poeciliidae benthopelagic 4 TL 3.4 native

Aplocheilichthys spilauchen Poeciliidae benthopelagic 7 TL 2.9 native

Auchenoglanis occidentalis Bagridae demersal 86 TL 2.9 native

Barbus ablabes Cyprinidae benthopelagic 12 TL 2.5 native

Barbus macrops Cyprinidae benthopelagic 12 TL 3.0 native

Barbus salessei Cyprinidae benthopelagic 6 TL 3.0 native

Barbus stigmatopygus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 4 TL 2.9 native

Brienomyrus brachyistius Mormyridae benthopelagic 16 TL 3.2 native

Brycinus leuciscus Alestiidae pelagic 15 TL 3.0 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

Chrysichthys johnelsi Bagridae demersal 41 TL 3.4 native

Chrysichthys maurus Bagridae demersal 63 TL 3.4 native

Citharinus citharus citharus Citharinidae demersal 71 TL 2.0 native

Citharinus latus Citharinidae demersal 103 TL 2.2 native

Clarias anguillaris Clariidae demersal 100 TL 3.4 native

Clarias buettikoferi Clariidae demersal 20 TL 3.2 native

Clarias salae Clariidae demersal 51 TL 3.6 native

Ctenopoma kingsleyae Anabantidae demersal 25 TL 3.0 native

Distichodus rostratus Citharinidae demersal 76 TL 2.0 native

Epiplatys bifasciatus bifasciatus Aplocheilidae benthopelagic 6 TL 3.1 native

Epiplatys spilargyreius Aplocheilidae benthopelagic 5 TL 3.1 native

Gobioides sagitta Gobiidae demersal 50 TL 3.0 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

Hydrocynus forskalii Alestiidae pelagic 96 TL 4.0 native

Hyperopisus bebe bebe Mormyridae demersal 63 TL 3.6 native

Ichthyborus quadrilineatus Citharinidae pelagic 26 TL 3.8 native

Labeo senegalensis Cyprinidae benthopelagic 65 TL 2.7 native

Lates niloticus Centropomidae demersal 193 TL 3.8 native

Malapterurus electricus Malapteruridae benthopelagic 149 TL 4.5 native

Marcusenius mento Mormyridae demersal 32 TL 3.1 native

Marcusenius senegalensis senegalensis Mormyridae demersal 40 TL 3.1 native

Mormyrops anguilloides Mormyridae demersal 150 TL 4.0 native

Mormyrops breviceps Mormyridae demersal 80 TL 3.1 native

Mormyrus hasselquistii Mormyridae demersal 59 TL 3.6 native

Mormyrus rume rume Mormyridae demersal 107 TL 2.5 native

Nannocharax ansorgii Citharinidae pelagic 5 TL 3.3 native

Nematogobius maindroni Gobiidae demersal 8 TL 3.2 native

Neolebias unifasciatus Citharinidae pelagic 6 TL 3.1 native

Papyrocranus afer Notopteridae demersal 80 TL 3.3 native

Paradistichodus dimidiatus Citharinidae demersal 8 TL 3.5 native

Parailia spiniserrata Schilbeidae demersal 7 TL 3.0 native

Pellonula vorax Clupeidae pelagic 15 TL 3.0 native

Polypterus ansorgii Polypteridae demersal 28 TL 3.4 native

Polypterus bichir lapradei Polypteridae demersal 74 TL 4.5 native

Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri Polypteridae demersal 92 TL 3.8 native

Polypterus senegalus senegalus Polypteridae demersal 51 TL 3.5 native

Rhabdalestes septentrionalis Alestiidae pelagic 7 TL 3.3 native

Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus Cichlidae demersal 41 TL 2.1 native

Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron Cichlidae demersal 31 TL 2.5 native

Schilbe intermedius Schilbeidae pelagic 61 TL 3.7 native

Schilbe micropogon Schilbeidae demersal 26 TL 3.0 native

Schilbe mystus Schilbeidae demersal 40 TL 3.3 native

Scriptaphyosemion geryi Aplocheilidae benthopelagic 5 TL 3.3 native

Synodontis annectens Mochokidae benthopelagic 33 TL 3.1 native

Synodontis ansorgii Mochokidae benthopelagic 28 TL 3.0 native

Synodontis gambiensis Mochokidae benthopelagic 35 TL 3.2 native

Synodontis nigrita Mochokidae benthopelagic 22 TL 3.4 native

Synodontis schall Mochokidae benthopelagic 49 TL 2.9 native

Tetraodon lineatus Tetraodontidae demersal 43 TL 3.6 native

Tilapia brevimanus Cichlidae demersal 31 TL 3.7 native

Tilapia buttikoferi Cichlidae benthopelagic 38 TL 2.4 native

Tilapia guineensis Cichlidae benthopelagic 35 TL 2.8 native

Tylochromis jentinki Cichlidae benthopelagic 33 TL 3.0 native

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