Freshwater Fish Species in Lake Rukwa Basin [East Africa] 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.mongabay use one of the following links:Mongabay.com | Tropical Freshwater Fish | Biotope aquaria | Country Index | Index of Ecosystems All Content Below is Copyright Fishbase.org
Fish Species in Lake Rukwa Basin
Species
Family
Habitat
Length (cm)
Trophic level
Status
Alestes sadleri
Alestiidae
pelagic
14 TL
3.2
native
Amphilius jacksonii
Amphiliidae
demersal
15 TL
3.0
native
Amphilius uranoscopus
Amphiliidae
demersal
20 TL
2.9
native
Aplocheilichthys centralis
Poeciliidae
benthopelagic
4 TL
3.0
native
Aplocheilichthys fuelleborni
Poeciliidae
benthopelagic
4 TL
3.1
endemic
Aplocheilichthys matthesi
Poeciliidae
benthopelagic
4 TL
3.2
native
Aplocheilichthys moeruensis
Poeciliidae
benthopelagic
4 TL
3.3
native
Auchenoglanis occidentalis
Bagridae
demersal
86 TL
2.9
native
Barbus apleurogramma
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
7 TL
2.9
native
Barbus brachygramma
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
6 TL
3.0
native
Barbus jacksoni
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
15 TL
3.0
native
Barbus lineomaculatus
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
11 TL
3.0
native
Barbus oligogrammus
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
9 TL
3.0
native
Barbus paludinosus
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
19 TL
2.8
native
Barbus pellegrini
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
15 TL
3.0
native
Barbus radiatus radiatus
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
15 TL
2.8
native
Brienomyrus longianalis
Mormyridae
benthopelagic
20 TL
3.0
native
Brycinus imberi
Alestiidae
demersal
20 TL
3.3
native
Caecomastacembelus frenatus
Mastacembelidae
demersal
49 TL
3.9
native
Chelaethiops rukwaensis
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
13 TL
3.0
native
Chiloglanis kalambo
Mochokidae
benthopelagic
5 TL
3.0
native
Chiloglanis mbozi
Mochokidae
benthopelagic
6 TL
3.1
native
Clarias alluaudi
Clariidae
demersal
43 TL
3.2
native
Clarias gariepinus
Clariidae
benthopelagic
170 TL
4.4
native
Clarias liocephalus
Clariidae
demersal
32 TL
3.3
native
Dinotopterus cunningtoni
Clariidae
demersal
214 TL
4.0
native
Haplochromis fuelleborni
Cichlidae
benthopelagic
12 TL
3.0
native
Heterobranchus longifilis
Clariidae
demersal
183 TL
3.7
native
Hippopotamyrus discorhynchus
Mormyridae
demersal
38 TL
3.2
native
Hydrocynus vittatus
Alestiidae
demersal
117 TL
4.5
native
Labeo cylindricus
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
49 TL
2.0
native
Labeo fuelleborni
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
43 TL
2.4
native
Labeotropheus fuelleborni
Cichlidae
benthopelagic
37 TL
2.0
native
Leptoglanis rotundiceps
Amphiliidae
demersal
7 TL
3.0
native
Mesobola spinifer
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
7 TL
3.0
native
Nothobranchius taeniopygus
Aplocheilidae
benthopelagic
6 TL
3.1
native
Oreochromis esculentus
Cichlidae
benthopelagic
61 TL
2.0
native
Oreochromis rukwaensis
Cichlidae
benthopelagic
41 TL
2.0
native
Petrocephalus catostoma catostoma
Mormyridae
demersal
17 TL
3.4
native
Polypterus ornatipinnis
Polypteridae
demersal
60 TL
3.5
native
Protopterus amphibius
Protopteridae
demersal
45 TL
3.2
native
Protopterus annectens brieni
Protopteridae
demersal
90 TL
3.8
native
Pseudocrenilabrus philander philander
Cichlidae
benthopelagic
13 TL
3.7
native
Raiamas moorii
Cyprinidae
benthopelagic
22 TL
3.0
native
Schilbe intermedius
Schilbeidae
pelagic
61 TL
3.7
native
Schilbe mystus
Schilbeidae
demersal
40 TL
3.3
native
Synodontis afrofischeri
Mochokidae
benthopelagic
22 TL
3.4
native
Synodontis fuelleborni
Mochokidae
benthopelagic
20 TL
2.8
native
Synodontis ricardoae
Mochokidae
benthopelagic
8 TL
3.0
native
Synodontis rukwaensis
Mochokidae
benthopelagic
29 TL
3.0
native
Synodontis zambesiensis
Mochokidae
benthopelagic
53 TL
2.7
native
Tilapia rendalli
Cichlidae
benthopelagic
45 TL
2.2
native
Tilapia sparrmanii
Cichlidae
benthopelagic
24 TL
2.7
native
Page generated June 30, 2003 from Fishbase.org . Page created by: Jen , 15.11.01,
last modified by Jen , 20.09.02.
