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List of Freshwater Fishes for Rwanda

Number of freshwater fish species: 82

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

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Family Scientific Name FB Name Name Status
  native
Cyprinidae Acapoeta tanganicae   native
Amphiliidae Amphilius jacksonii Marbled mountain catfish  Marbled mountain catfish native
Amphiliidae Amphilius uranoscopus Stargazer mountain catfish  Stargazer mountain catfish native
Poeciliidae Aplocheilichthys centralis Cental east african lampeye  Cental east african lampeye native
Cichlidae Astatoreochromis alluaudi Alluaud's haplo  Alluaud's haplo native
Bagridae Bagrus docmak Semutundu   native
Cyprinidae Barbus acuticeps  Matthes' barb native
Cyprinidae Barbus altianalis Ripon barbel  Ripon Falls barb native
Cyprinidae Barbus apleurogramma East african red finned barb  East African redfinned barb native
Cyprinidae Barbus cercops Luambwa barb  Luambwa barb native
Cyprinidae Barbus claudinae  Claudine's barb native
Cyprinidae Barbus eutaenia Orangefin barb   native
Cyprinidae Barbus kerstenii Redspot barb  Kersten's barb native
Cyprinidae Barbus lineomaculatus Line-spotted barb  Line-spotted barb native
Cyprinidae Barbus longifilis   native
Cyprinidae Barbus microbarbis  Short barbelled barb native
Cyprinidae Barbus mohasicus   native
Cyprinidae Barbus neumayeri Neumayer's barb  Neumayer's barb native
Cyprinidae Barbus nyanzae Nyanza barb  Nyanza barb native
Cyprinidae Barbus paludinosus Straightfin barb  Straightfin barb native
Cyprinidae Barbus pellegrini Pellegrin's barb  Pellegrin's barb native
Cyprinidae Barbus ruasae  Rwasa barb endemic
Cyprinidae Barbus somereni  Someren's barb native
Alestiidae Brycinus jacksonii Victoria robber  Victoria robber native
Alestiidae Brycinus macrolepidotus True big-scale tetra   native
Alestiidae Brycinus sadleri Sadler's robber  Sadler's robber native
Alestiidae Bryconaethiops microstoma   native
Mochokidae Chiloglanis asymetricaudalis  Longtail suckermouth native
Mochokidae Chiloglanis ruziziensis  Rusizi suckermouth native
Clariidae Clarias gariepinus North African catfish  Common catfish native
Clariidae Clarias liocephalus Smoothhead catfish  Smoothhead catfish native
Cyprinidae Ctenopharyngodon idella Grass carp  Grass carp introduced
Cyprinidae Cyprinus carpio carpio Common carp  Common carp introduced
Cyprinidae Garra dembeensis Dembea stone lapper  Dembea stone lapper native
Mormyridae Gnathonemus longibarbis Longnose stonebasher  Lake Tanganyika sardine native
Cichlidae Haplochromis adolphifrederici  Friedrich's Kivu haplo native
Cichlidae Haplochromis astatodon  Regan's Kivu haplo native
Cichlidae Haplochromis burtoni  Burton's haplo native
Cichlidae Haplochromis crebridens  Sky-blue Kivu haplo native
Cichlidae Haplochromis erythromaculatus  Bulera haplo native
Cichlidae Haplochromis gracilior  Boulenger's Kivu haplo native
Cichlidae Haplochromis graueri  Grauer's Kivu haplo native
Cichlidae Haplochromis horei  Hore's haplo native
Cichlidae Haplochromis insidiae  Snoeks' Kivu haplo native
Cichlidae Haplochromis kamiranzovu  Kamiranzovu haplo native
Cichlidae Haplochromis microchrysomelas  Orange tail Kivu haplo native
Cichlidae Haplochromis murakoze   native
Cichlidae Haplochromis nigroides  Pellegrin's Kivu haplo native
Cichlidae Haplochromis occultidens  Paedophagous Kivu haplo native
Cichlidae Haplochromis olivaceus  Olive Kivu haplo native
Cichlidae Haplochromis paucidens  Trimorphic Kivu haplo native
Cichlidae Haplochromis rubescens  Red Kivu haplo native
Cichlidae Haplochromis scheffersi  Scheffers' Kivu haplo native
Cichlidae Haplochromis vittatus  Striped Kivu haplo native
Mormyridae Hippopotamyrus grahami Graham's stonebasher  Longnose stonebasher native
Cyprinidae Hypophthalmichthys molitrix Silver carp  Silver carp introduced
Cyprinidae Labeo victorianus Ningu  Victoria labeo native
Poeciliidae Lacustricola pumilus Tanganyika lampeye   native
Clupeidae Limnothrissa miodon Lake Tanganyika sardine  Isambaza introduced
Mormyridae Marcusenius victoriae Victoria stonebasher  Victoria stonebasher native
Mastacembelidae Mastacembelus frenatus Longtail spiny eel  Longtail spinyeel native
Mormyridae Mormyrus kannume Elephant-snout fish  Bottlenose native
Cichlidae Oreochromis esculentus Singida tilapia   introduced
Cichlidae Oreochromis leucostictus  Blue spotted tilapia native
Cichlidae Oreochromis macrochir Longfin tilapia  Longfin tilapia introduced
Cichlidae Oreochromis mweruensis  Mweru tilapia native
Cichlidae Oreochromis niloticus eduardianus Tilapia   native
Cichlidae Oreochromis niloticus niloticus Nile tilapia  Edward tilapia introduced
Mormyridae Petrocephalus catostoma catostoma Churchill  Churchill native
Mormyridae Pollimyrus nigricans Dark stonebasher  Dark stonebasher native
Polypteridae Polypterus senegalus senegalus Gray bichir   native
Protopteridae Protopterus aethiopicus aethiopicus Marbled lungfish  Marbled lungfish introduced
Cichlidae Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor multicolor Egyptian mouth-brooder  Dwarf Victoria mouthbrooder native
Cyprinidae Raiamas moorii Lake Rukwa minnow  Moore's minnow native
Schilbeidae Schilbe intermedius Silver catfish  Butter catfish native
Mochokidae Synodontis afrofischeri Fischer's Victoria squeaker  Marbled Victoria squeaker native
Mochokidae Synodontis ruandae  Rwanda ruandae native
Cichlidae Tilapia rendalli Redbreast tilapia  Redbreast tilapia introduced
Cyprinidae Varicorhinus leleupanus  Leleup's carp native
Cyprinidae Varicorhinus platystomus   native
Cyprinidae Varicorhinus ruandae  Rwandese carp native
Page created by Jen, 21.10.03 last modified by Eli, 17.11.04


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Copyright Rhett Butler 1994-2006

The copy for fish.mongabay.com was written in 1994-1995. Therefore some information such as scientific names may be out of date. For this, I apologize. Feel free to send corrections to me.