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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