Freshwater Fish Species in Okavango [Southwest central Africa]
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Fish Species in Okavango

[No. of Species listed in Fishbase.org=90]

Species Family Habitat Length (cm) Trophic level Status

Aethiomastacembelus vanderwaali Mastacembelidae benthopelagic 16 TL 3.3 native

Alestes lateralis Alestiidae pelagic 18 TL 3.2 native

Amphilius uranoscopus Amphiliidae demersal 20 TL 2.9 native

Aplocheilichthys hutereaui Poeciliidae benthopelagic 4 TL 3.1 native

Aplocheilichthys johnstoni Poeciliidae benthopelagic 9 TL 3.2 native

Aplocheilichthys katangae Poeciliidae benthopelagic 5 TL 3.3 native

Aplocheilichthys moeruensis Poeciliidae benthopelagic 4 TL 3.3 native

Auchenoglanis ngamensis Bagridae demersal 47 TL 3.1 native

Awaous lateristriga Gobiidae demersal 27 TL 3.1 native

Barbus afrovernayi Cyprinidae benthopelagic 6 TL 3.5 native

Barbus barnardi Cyprinidae benthopelagic 9 TL 3.0 native

Barbus barotseensis Cyprinidae benthopelagic 7 TL 2.9 native

Barbus bifrenatus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 9 TL 2.5 native

Barbus brevidorsalis Cyprinidae benthopelagic 5 TL 3.0 native

Barbus codringtoni Cyprinidae benthopelagic 39 TL 3.7 native

Barbus eutaenia Cyprinidae benthopelagic 18 TL 3.2 native

Barbus fasciolatus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 8 TL 3.0 native

Barbus haasianus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 4 TL 3.0 native

Barbus kerstenii kerstenii Cyprinidae benthopelagic 11 TL 3.0 native

Barbus lineomaculatus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 11 TL 3.0 native

Barbus mattozi Cyprinidae benthopelagic 49 TL 3.3 native

Barbus miolepis miolepis Cyprinidae benthopelagic 16 TL 3.0 native

Barbus multilineatus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 6 TL 3.0 native

Barbus paludinosus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 19 TL 2.8 native

Barbus poechii Cyprinidae benthopelagic 14 TL 3.4 native

Barbus radiatus radiatus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 15 TL 2.8 native

Barbus thamalakanensis Cyprinidae benthopelagic 5 TL 2.6 native

Barbus unitaeniatus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 18 TL 2.8 native

Caecomastacembelus frenatus Mastacembelidae demersal 49 TL 3.9 native

Chiloglanis fasciatus Mochokidae benthopelagic 7 TL 3.0 native

Clariallabes platyprosopos Clariidae demersal 30 TL 4.5 native

Clarias gariepinus Clariidae benthopelagic 170 TL 4.4 native

Clarias liocephalus Clariidae demersal 32 TL 3.3 native

Clarias ngamensis Clariidae demersal 73 TL 4.3 native

Clarias stappersii Clariidae demersal 51 TL 4.5 native

Clarias theodorae Clariidae demersal 35 TL 4.4 native

Coptostomabarbus wittei Cyprinidae benthopelagic 5 TL 2.7 native

Ctenopoma multispine Anabantidae benthopelagic 14 TL 3.8 native

Hemichromis elongatus Cichlidae benthopelagic 0 TL native

Hemichromis fasciatus Cichlidae benthopelagic 25 TL 3.5 native

Hemigrammocharax machadoi Citharinidae pelagic 5 TL 3.1 native

Hemigrammocharax multifasciatus Citharinidae pelagic 6 TL 3.1 native

Hepsetus odoe Hepsetidae demersal 70 TL 4.5 native

Hippopotamyrus ansorgii Mormyridae demersal 19 TL 3.2 native

Hippopotamyrus discorhynchus Mormyridae demersal 38 TL 3.2 native

Hydrocynus forskalii Alestiidae pelagic 96 TL 4.0 native

Hydrocynus vittatus Alestiidae demersal 117 TL 4.5 native

Kneria polli Kneriidae benthopelagic 7 TL native

Labeo cylindricus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 49 TL 2.0 native

Labeo lunatus Cyprinidae benthopelagic 49 TL 2.4 native

Leptoglanis rotundiceps Amphiliidae demersal 7 TL 3.0 native

Marcusenius macrolepidotus Mormyridae demersal 32 TL 3.2 native

Mesobola brevianalis Cyprinidae benthopelagic 10 TL 3.2 native

Micralestes acutidens Alestiidae pelagic 11 TL 2.9 native

Microctenopoma intermedium Anabantidae benthopelagic 7 TL 3.2 native

Mormyrus lacerda Mormyridae demersal 50 TL 3.7 native

Nannocharax macropterus Citharinidae pelagic 8 TL 3.5 native

Opsaridium zambezense Cyprinidae benthopelagic 19 TL 3.4 native

Oreochromis andersonii Cichlidae benthopelagic 61 TL 2.0 native

Oreochromis macrochir macrochir Cichlidae benthopelagic 53 TL 2.0 native

Parakneria fortuita Kneriidae benthopelagic 7 TL 2.0 native

Petrocephalus catostoma catostoma Mormyridae demersal 17 TL 3.4 native

Pharyngochromis darlingi Cichlidae demersal 22 TL 3.5 native

Pollimyrus castelnaui Mormyridae demersal 9 TL 3.2 native

Protopterus annectens brieni Protopteridae demersal 90 TL 3.8 native

Pseudocrenilabrus philander philander Cichlidae benthopelagic 13 TL 3.7 native

Rhabdalestes maunensis Alestiidae pelagic 9 TL 3.3 native

Schilbe intermedius Schilbeidae pelagic 61 TL 3.7 native

Schilbe mystus Schilbeidae demersal 40 TL 3.3 native

Serranochromis altus Cichlidae demersal 56 TL 4.3 native

Serranochromis angusticeps Cichlidae demersal 51 TL 4.5 native

Serranochromis carlottae Cichlidae demersal 43 TL 3.6 native

Serranochromis codringtonii Cichlidae demersal 39 TL 3.3 native

Serranochromis giardi Cichlidae benthopelagic 48 TL 3.5 native

Serranochromis gracilis Cichlidae demersal 15 TL 3.3 native

Serranochromis greenwoodi Cichlidae demersal 37 TL 3.7 native

Serranochromis longimanus Cichlidae demersal 37 TL 3.9 native

Serranochromis macrocephalus Cichlidae demersal 43 TL 4.2 native

Serranochromis robustus jallae Cichlidae demersal 49 TL 3.2 native

Serranochromis robustus robustus Cichlidae demersal 56 TL 4.1 native

Serranochromis thumbergi Cichlidae demersal 33 TL 3.7 native

Synodontis leopardinus Mochokidae benthopelagic 24 TL 3.4 native

Synodontis macrostigma Mochokidae benthopelagic 18 TL 3.4 native

Synodontis macrostoma Mochokidae benthopelagic 12 TL 2.9 native

Synodontis nigromaculatus Mochokidae benthopelagic 39 TL 3.1 native

Synodontis vanderwaali Mochokidae benthopelagic 20 TL 2.8 native

Synodontis woosnami Mochokidae benthopelagic 26 TL 2.3 native

Tilapia rendalli Cichlidae benthopelagic 45 TL 2.2 native

Tilapia ruweti Cichlidae benthopelagic 11 TL 2.4 native

Tilapia sparrmanii Cichlidae benthopelagic 24 TL 2.7 native

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