Freshwater Fish Species in Lake Chad/Chari River [Central Africa]
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Fish Species in Lake Chad/Chari River
[No. of Species listed in Fishbase.org=165]
Species
Family
Habitat
Length (cm)
Trophic level
Status
Alestes baremoze
Alestiidae
benthopelagic
43 TL
2.8
native
Alestes dentex
Alestiidae
pelagic
55 TL
2.9
native
Andersonia leptura
Amphiliidae
demersal
50 TL
3.5
native
Aphyosemion bualanum
Aplocheilidae
benthopelagic
5 TL
3.3
native
Aphyosemion cameronense
Aplocheilidae
benthopelagic
5 TL
3.3
native
Aplocheilichthys hutereaui
Poeciliidae
benthopelagic
4 TL
3.1
native
Aplocheilichthys kingii
Poeciliidae
benthopelagic
4 TL
3.1
native
Aplocheilichthys loati
Poeciliidae
benthopelagic
4 TL
3.3
questionable
Aplocheilichthys normani
Poeciliidae
benthopelagic
4 TL
3.4
native
Aplocheilichthys pfaffi
Poeciliidae
benthopelagic
5 TL
3.1
native
Auchenoglanis biscutatus
Bagridae
demersal
66 TL
3.1
native
Auchenoglanis occidentalis
Bagridae
demersal
86 TL
2.9
native
Bagrus bajad
Bagridae
demersal
88 TL
3.3
native
Bagrus docmak
Bagridae
benthopelagic
135 TL
3.3
native
Barbus ablabes
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
12 TL
2.5
native
Barbus anema
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
4 TL
3.0
native
Barbus batesii
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
44 TL
3.0
native
Barbus baudoni
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
5 TL
3.0
native
Barbus bynni occidentalis
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
8 TL
3.0
native
Barbus callipterus
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
8 TL
3.0
native
Barbus chlorotaenia
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
10 TL
3.0
native
Barbus holotaenia
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
15 TL
3.2
native
Barbus leonensis
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
5 TL
3.0
native
Barbus macinensis
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
7 TL
2.9
native
Barbus macrops
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
12 TL
3.0
native
Barbus nigeriensis
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
7 TL
2.9
native
Barbus perince
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
11 TL
3.0
native
Barbus pleuropholis
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
5 TL
3.0
native
Barbus pumilus
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
3 TL
3.1
questionable
Barbus punctitaeniatus
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
5 TL
3.0
native
Barbus stigmatopygus
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
4 TL
2.9
native
Barbus trispilopleura
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
5 TL
2.9
native
Barbus yeiensis
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
4 TL
3.0
native
Barbus zalbiensis
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
5 TL
2.9
native
Brienomyrus niger
Mormyridae
benthopelagic
16 TL
3.3
native
Brycinus macrolepidotus
Alestiidae
pelagic
65 TL
2.3
native
Brycinus nurse
Alestiidae
pelagic
25 TL
2.4
native
Caecomastacembelus decorsei
Mastacembelidae
demersal
25 TL
3.2
native
Caecomastacembelus loennbergii
Mastacembelidae
demersal
27 TL
3.2
native
Campylomormyrus tamandua
Mormyridae
demersal
53 TL
3.2
native
Chelaethiops bibie
Cyprinidae
demersal
6 TL
2.6
native
Chiloglanis batesii
Mochokidae
benthopelagic
5 TL
3.0
native
Chiloglanis benuensis
Mochokidae
benthopelagic
4 TL
3.0
native
Chiloglanis disneyi
Mochokidae
benthopelagic
5 TL
3.0
native
Chrysichthys auratus auratus
Bagridae
demersal
43 TL
3.7
native
Chrysichthys auratus tilhoi
Bagridae
demersal
23 TL
3.2
native
Citharinops distichodoides distichodoides
Citharinidae
demersal
103 TL
2.5
native
Citharinus citharus citharus
Citharinidae
demersal
71 TL
2.0
native
Citharinus latus
Citharinidae
demersal
103 TL
2.2
native
Clarias albopunctatus
Clariidae
demersal
20 TL
3.2
native
Clarias anguillaris
Clariidae
demersal
100 TL
3.4
native
Clarias camerunensis
Clariidae
demersal
47 TL
3.5
native
Clarias gariepinus
Clariidae
benthopelagic
170 TL
4.4
native
Clarias pachynema
Clariidae
demersal
36 TL
3.2
native
Clarias theodorae
Clariidae
demersal
35 TL
4.4
native
Clarotes laticeps
Bagridae
demersal
98 TL
3.1
native
Ctenopoma muriei muriei
Anabantidae
benthopelagic
9 TL
3.0
native
Ctenopoma petherici
Anabantidae
benthopelagic
18 TL
3.2
native
Distichodus altus
Citharinidae
pelagic
15 TL
3.7
native
Distichodus brevipinnis
Citharinidae
demersal
72 TL
2.0
native
Distichodus engycephalus
Citharinidae
demersal
49 TL
2.0
native
Distichodus niloticus
Citharinidae
pelagic
83 TL
2.0
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
Garra dembeensis
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
14 TL
2.0
native
Garra lancrenonensis
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
4 TL
3.0
native
Garra quadrimaculata
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
14 TL
2.1
native
Gnathonemus petersii
Mormyridae
demersal
43 TL
3.1
native
Gymnarchus niloticus
Gymnarchidae
demersal
204 TL
3.7
native
Haplochromis bloyeti
Cichlidae
benthopelagic
19 TL
3.1
native
Haplochromis wingatii
Cichlidae
benthopelagic
7 TL
3.0
questionable
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 bidorsalis
Clariidae
demersal
150 TL
3.7
native
Heterobranchus isopterus
Clariidae
demersal
90 TL
3.2
native
Heterobranchus longifilis
Clariidae
demersal
183 TL
3.7
native
Heterotis niloticus
Osteoglossidae
demersal
120 TL
3.0
native
Hippopotamyrus harringtoni
Mormyridae
demersal
38 TL
3.1
native
Hippopotamyrus pictus
Mormyridae
demersal
37 TL
3.1
native
Hydrocynus brevis
Alestiidae
demersal
86 TL
3.6
native
Hydrocynus forskalii
Alestiidae
pelagic
96 TL
4.0
native
Hydrocynus somonorum
Alestiidae
pelagic
66 TL
3.2
native
Hydrocynus vittatus
Alestiidae
demersal
117 TL
4.5
native
Hyperopisus bebe bebe
Mormyridae
demersal
63 TL
3.6
native
Hyperopisus bebe occidentalis
Mormyridae
demersal
63 TL
3.3
native
Ichthyborus besse besse
Citharinidae
pelagic
25 TL
4.0
native
Kribia nana
Eleotridae
demersal
5 TL
3.3
native
Labeo coubie
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
92 TL
2.0
native
Labeo parvus
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
47 TL
2.4
native
Labeo senegalensis
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
65 TL
2.7
native
Lates niloticus
Centropomidae
demersal
193 TL
3.8
native
Leptocypris niloticus
Cyprinidae
demersal
10 TL
2.9
native
Malapterurus electricus
Malapteruridae
benthopelagic
149 TL
4.5
native
Marcusenius cyprinoides
Mormyridae
demersal
41 TL
3.0
native
Marcusenius senegalensis gracilis
Mormyridae
demersal
12 TL
3.0
native
Marcusenius senegalensis senegalensis
Mormyridae
demersal
40 TL
3.1
native
Micralestes acutidens
Alestiidae
pelagic
11 TL
2.9
native
Micralestes elongatus
Alestiidae
pelagic
6 TL
3.3
native
Micralestes humilis
Alestiidae
pelagic
11 TL
3.0
native
Microctenopoma congicum
Anabantidae
benthopelagic
9 TL
3.3
native
Microctenopoma lineatum
Anabantidae
benthopelagic
7 TL
3.2
native
Mochokus brevis
Mochokidae
demersal
4 TL
3.0
native
Mochokus niloticus
Mochokidae
demersal
7 TL
3.1
questionable
Mormyrops anguilloides
Mormyridae
demersal
150 TL
4.0
native
Mormyrops engystoma
Mormyridae
demersal
15 TL
3.2
native
Mormyrus caschive
Mormyridae
demersal
100 TL
3.2
native
Mormyrus hasselquistii
Mormyridae
demersal
59 TL
3.6
native
Mormyrus rume rume
Mormyridae
demersal
107 TL
2.5
native
Nannaethiops unitaeniatus
Citharinidae
pelagic
7 TL
3.1
native
Nannocharax ansorgii
Citharinidae
pelagic
5 TL
3.3
native
Nannocharax fasciatus
Citharinidae
pelagic
9 TL
3.5
native
Nannocharax lineomaculatus
Citharinidae
pelagic
5 TL
3.3
native
Nannocharax occidentalis
Citharinidae
pelagic
8 TL
3.4
native
Nanochromis dimidiatus
Cichlidae
demersal
7 TL
3.0
native
Neolebias unifasciatus
Citharinidae
pelagic
6 TL
3.1
native
Nothobranchius kiyawensis
Aplocheilidae
benthopelagic
5 TL
3.3
native
Nothobranchius rubroreticulatus
Aplocheilidae
benthopelagic
5 TL
3.3
native
Opsaridium ubangiense
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
12 TL
3.0
native
Oreochromis aureus
Cichlidae
benthopelagic
46 TL
2.0
native
Oreochromis niloticus niloticus
Cichlidae
benthopelagic
74 TL
2.0
native
Pantodon buchholzi
Pantodontidae
pelagic
10 TL
3.6
native
Parachanna obscura
Channidae
demersal
42 TL
3.4
native
Paradistichodus dimidiatus
Citharinidae
demersal
8 TL
3.5
native
Parailia pellucida
Schilbeidae
demersal
15 TL
3.5
native
Pellonula leonensis
Clupeidae
pelagic
10 TL
3.5
native
Petrocephalus bane bane
Mormyridae
demersal
23 TL
3.2
native
Petrocephalus bovei bovei
Mormyridae
demersal
14 TL
3.1
native
Petrocephalus simus
Mormyridae
demersal
12 TL
3.2
native
Petrocephalus soudanensis
Mormyridae
demersal
12 TL
3.1
native
Pollimyrus isidori
Mormyridae
demersal
11 TL
2.6
native
Polypterus bichir bichir
Polypteridae
demersal
68 TL
4.5
native
Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri
Polypteridae
demersal
92 TL
3.8
native
Polypterus senegalus senegalus
Polypteridae
demersal
51 TL
3.5
native
Protopterus annectens annectens
Protopteridae
demersal
100 TL
3.8
native
Pterochromis congicus
Cichlidae
demersal
19 TL
3.4
native
Raiamas senegalensis
Cyprinidae
demersal
25 TL
3.0
native
Raiamas shariensis
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
9 TL
3.0
native
Rhabdalestes brevidorsalis
Alestiidae
pelagic
4 TL
3.1
native
Rhabdalestes septentrionalis
Alestiidae
pelagic
7 TL
3.3
native
Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus
Cichlidae
demersal
41 TL
2.1
native
Schilbe intermedius
Schilbeidae
pelagic
61 TL
3.7
native
Schilbe marmoratus
Schilbeidae
demersal
27 TL
3.4
questionable
Schilbe mystus
Schilbeidae
demersal
40 TL
3.3
native
Schilbe uranoscopus
Schilbeidae
demersal
44 TL
3.4
native
Siluranodon auritus
Schilbeidae
demersal
18 TL
3.0
native
Synodontis batensoda
Mochokidae
benthopelagic
50 TL
2.8
native
Synodontis clarias
Mochokidae
benthopelagic
33 TL
3.0
native
Synodontis courteti
Mochokidae
benthopelagic
55 TL
3.0
native
Synodontis eupterus
Mochokidae
benthopelagic
18 TL
2.7
native
Synodontis filamentosus
Mochokidae
benthopelagic
28 TL
3.0
native
Synodontis frontosus
Mochokidae
benthopelagic
35 TL
2.8
native
Synodontis membranaceus
Mochokidae
benthopelagic
57 TL
3.2
native
Synodontis nigrita
Mochokidae
benthopelagic
22 TL
3.4
native
Synodontis ocellifer
Mochokidae
benthopelagic
49 TL
3.1
native
Synodontis ornatipinnis
Mochokidae
benthopelagic
40 TL
3.0
native
Synodontis schall
Mochokidae
benthopelagic
49 TL
2.9
native
Synodontis sorex
Mochokidae
benthopelagic
38 TL
3.1
native
Synodontis violaceus
Mochokidae
benthopelagic
36 TL
3.1
native
Tetraodon lineatus
Tetraodontidae
demersal
43 TL
3.6
native
Tilapia dageti
Cichlidae
demersal
40 TL
2.3
native
Tilapia zillii
Cichlidae
demersal
49 TL
2.0
native
Tylochromis lateralis
Cichlidae
benthopelagic
26 TL
3.0
questionable
Xenomystus nigri
Notopteridae
demersal
20 TL
3.3
native
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