Freshwater Fish Species in Great Scarcies (Kolentďż˝) River [West Africa]
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Fish Species in Great Scarcies

Rises 40 km north of Kindia in the Fouta Djallon highlands of western Guinea. Marks 101 km of the Guinea-Sierra Leone border before entering Sierra Leone to complete its 257-km course to the Atlantic Ocean

[No. of Species listed in Fishbase.org=83]

Species Family Habitat Length (cm) Trophic level Status

Aethiomastacembelus liberiensis Mastacembelidae benthopelagic 29 TL 3.3 native

Amphilius kakrimensis Amphiliidae demersal 6 TL 3.0 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

Awaous lateristriga Gobiidae demersal 27 TL 3.1 native

Barbus ablabes Cyprinidae benthopelagic 12 TL 2.5 native

Barbus leonensis Cyprinidae benthopelagic 5 TL 3.0 native

Barbus macrops Cyprinidae benthopelagic 12 TL 3.0 native

Barbus sacratus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 32 TL 3.0 native

Barbus salessei Cyprinidae benthopelagic 6 TL 3.0 native

Barbus tiekoroi Cyprinidae benthopelagic 11 TL 3.0 native

Barbus wurtzi Cyprinidae benthopelagic 26 TL 3.0 native

Brienomyrus brachyistius Mormyridae benthopelagic 16 TL 3.2 native

Brienomyrus longianalis Mormyridae benthopelagic 20 TL 3.0 native

Brycinus longipinnis Alestiidae pelagic 13 TL 2.2 native

Brycinus macrolepidotus Alestiidae pelagic 65 TL 2.3 native

Callopanchax occidentalis benthopelagic 8 TL 3.3 native

Chiloglanis occidentalis Mochokidae benthopelagic 7 TL 3.1 native

Chrysichthys maurus Bagridae demersal 63 TL 3.4 native

Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus Bagridae demersal 80 TL 2.6 native

Clarias buettikoferi Clariidae demersal 20 TL 3.2 native

Clarias laeviceps dialonensis Clariidae demersal 26 TL 3.2 native

Clarias salae Clariidae demersal 51 TL 3.6 native

Ctenopoma kingsleyae Anabantidae demersal 25 TL 3.0 native

Eleotris vittata Eleotridae demersal 27 TL 4.0 native

Epiplatys annulatus Aplocheilidae benthopelagic 4 TL 3.1 native

Epiplatys barmoiensis Aplocheilidae benthopelagic 7 TL 3.4 native

Epiplatys bifasciatus bifasciatus Aplocheilidae benthopelagic 6 TL 3.1 native

Epiplatys fasciolatus Aplocheilidae benthopelagic 9 TL 3.5 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

Heterobranchus isopterus Clariidae demersal 90 TL 3.2 native

Heterobranchus longifilis Clariidae demersal 183 TL 3.7 native

Hippopotamyrus paugyi Mormyridae demersal 31 TL 3.1 native

Hydrocynus forskalii Alestiidae pelagic 96 TL 4.0 native

Ichthyborus quadrilineatus Citharinidae pelagic 26 TL 3.8 native

Isichthys henryi Mormyridae demersal 36 TL 3.1 native

Kribia kribensis Eleotridae demersal 6 TL 3.3 native

Kribia nana Eleotridae demersal 5 TL 3.3 native

Labeo parvus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 47 TL 2.4 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 thomasi Mormyridae demersal 25 TL 3.2 native

Mormyrus tapirus Mormyridae demersal 53 TL 3.7 native

Nannocharax fasciatus Citharinidae pelagic 9 TL 3.5 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

Parachanna obscura Channidae demersal 42 TL 3.4 native

Pellonula leonensis Clupeidae pelagic 10 TL 3.5 native

Pelmatochromis buettikoferi Cichlidae demersal 21 TL 3.0 native

Pelvicachromis humilis Cichlidae demersal 13 TL 3.0 native

Pelvicachromis roloffi Cichlidae benthopelagic 8 TL 3.0 native

Periophthalmus barbarus Gobiidae demersal 25 TL 3.0 native

Petrocephalus bovei bovei Mormyridae demersal 14 TL 3.1 native

Petrocephalus levequei Mormyridae demersal 16 TL 3.1 native

Petrocephalus pellegrini Mormyridae demersal 12 TL 3.1 native

Petrocephalus tenuicauda Mormyridae demersal 14 TL 3.1 native

Polypterus palmas palmas Polypteridae demersal 30 TL 3.4 native

Raiamas steindachneri Cyprinidae demersal 16 TL 3.0 native

Rhabdalestes septentrionalis Alestiidae pelagic 7 TL 3.3 native

Sarotherodon caudomarginatus Cichlidae demersal 20 TL 2.6 native

Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus Cichlidae demersal 41 TL 2.1 native

Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron Cichlidae demersal 31 TL 2.5 native

Sarotherodon occidentalis Cichlidae demersal 35 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

Scriptaphyosemion guignardi Aplocheilidae benthopelagic 6 TL 3.4 native

Scriptaphyosemion roloffi 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 schall Mochokidae benthopelagic 49 TL 2.9 native

Synodontis thysi Mochokidae benthopelagic 28 TL 3.0 native

Synodontis waterloti Mochokidae benthopelagic 19 TL 2.8 native

Tilapia brevimanus Cichlidae demersal 31 TL 3.7 native

Tilapia guineensis Cichlidae benthopelagic 35 TL 2.8 native

Tilapia louka Cichlidae benthopelagic 25 TL 3.0 native

Tylochromis jentinki Cichlidae benthopelagic 33 TL 3.0 native

Tylochromis sudanensis Cichlidae benthopelagic 25 TL 3.0 native

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