Home
 What's New
 About
 Contribute
 Submissions
 Preface
 Introduction
 Fish Anatomy
 Water Chemistry
 The Aquarium
 Plant Care
 Plant Species
 Food
 Disease
 Biotope Aquaria
   Ecosystems
   Country Database
 Fish Species
   Catfish
   Characins
   Cichlids
   Cyprinds
   Killifish
   Labyrinth Fish
   Livebearers
   Loaches
   Others
   Perches
   Rainbowfish
 Non-fish Species
 Breeding Fish
 Aquarium Photos
 Bibliography
 Links
 Resources
 Rainforests
 Books
 Site Map
 Mongabay Sites
   Kids site
   Travel Tips
 News
 Contact







List of Freshwater Fishes for Somalia

Number of freshwater fish species: 58

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

All Content Below is Copyright Fishbase.org
Family Scientific Name FB Name Name Status
Sparidae Acanthopagrus berda Picnic seabream  Bir-birtoy native
Pristidae Anoxypristis cuspidata Knifetooth sawfish   native
Cyprinodontidae Aphanius dispar dispar   native
Ariidae Arius brunellii   native
Gobiidae Awaous aeneofuscus Freshwater goby   native
Bagridae Bagrus docmak Semutundu   native
Bagridae Bagrus urostigma Somalia catfish   native
Cyprinidae Barbopsis devecchii Somalian blind barb   endemic
Cyprinidae Barbus gananensis   native
Cyprinidae Barbus zanzibaricus Zanzibar barb   native
Alestiidae Brycinus macrolepidotus True big-scale tetra   native
Carcharhinidae Carcharhinus leucas Bull shark   native
Chanidae Chanos chanos Milkfish  Ilweyn native
Clariidae Clarias gariepinus North African catfish   native
Bagridae Clarotes bidorsalis   native
Carcharhinidae Galeocerdo cuvier Tiger shark   native
Cyprinidae Garra tibanica   native
Gobiidae Glossogobius giuris Tank goby   native
Gobiidae Gobius scorteccii   native
Schilbeidae Irvineia orientalis   native
Kuhliidae Kuhlia rupestris Rock flagtail   native
Cyprinidae Labeo brunellii   native
Cyprinidae Labeo carnigliae   native
Cyprinidae Labeo mesops Tana labeo   native
Monodactylidae Monodactylus argenteus Silver moony  Soor-yaxaas native
Mormyridae Mormyrops citernii   native
Mormyridae Mormyrus casalis   native
Mugilidae Mugil cephalus Flathead mullet  Caanood native
Cyprinidae Neobola bottegoi   native
Pomacentridae Neopomacentrus taeniurus Freshwater demoiselle   native
Aplocheilidae Nothobranchius cyaneus   native
Aplocheilidae Nothobranchius fasciatus   endemic
Aplocheilidae Nothobranchius jubbi   native
Aplocheilidae Nothobranchius microlepis Small scaled nothobranch   native
Aplocheilidae Nothobranchius patrizii Blue notho   native
Cichlidae Oreochromis spilurus spilurus Sabaki tilapia   native
Bagridae Pardiglanis tarabinii Somalian giant catfish  Giant catfish native
Dasyatidae Pastinachus sephen Cowtail stingray  Shafane cordaal native
Pristigasteridae Pellona ditchela Indian pellona  Aarijoog native
Mormyridae Petrocephalus gliroides   native
Cyprinidae Phreatichthys andruzzii Somalian cavefish   endemic
Ophichthidae Pisodonophis boro Rice-paddy eel   native
Pristidae Pristis pectinata Smalltooth sawfish  Libaax-miinshaar native
Pristidae Pristis zijsron Longcomb sawfish   native
Protopteridae Protopterus amphibius Gilled lungfish   native
Leiognathidae Secutor ruconius Deep pugnose ponyfish   native
Sillaginidae Sillago sihama Silver sillago  Caanood native
Gobiidae Stenogobius gymnopomus   native
Gobiidae Stenogobius kenyae Africa rivergoby   native
Mochokidae Synodontis frontosus   native
Mochokidae Synodontis geledensis Geledi squeaker   native
Mochokidae Synodontis leopardus   native
Mochokidae Synodontis punctulatus   native
Terapontidae Terapon jarbua Jarbua terapon  Geedow native
Terapontidae Terapon puta Small-scaled terapon  Geedow native
Clariidae Uegitglanis zammaranoi   endemic
Mugilidae Valamugil buchanani Bluetail mullet  Caanood native
Mugilidae Valamugil cunnesius Longarm mullet  Caanood native
Page created by Jen, 21.10.03 last modified by Eli, 17.11.04


what's new | tropical fish home | help support the site | news | search | about | contact

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.