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Fish Species in Lake Victoria About 4 million years old; 2,760 km3 volume of water; about 270 endemic fish species; many fish depleted or extirpated after introduction of Nile perch. World's second larges freshwater lake (area) (Ref. 30553). | |||||
| [No. of Species listed in Fishbase.org=209] | |||||
| Species | Family | Habitat | Length (cm) | Trophic level | Status |
| Alestes jacksonii | Alestiidae | pelagic | 33 TL | 2.6 | native |
| Alestes sadleri | Alestiidae | pelagic | 14 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Alestopetersius leopoldianus | Alestiidae | pelagic | 9 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Aplocheilichthys bukobanus | Poeciliidae | benthopelagic | 5 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Aplocheilichthys eduardensis | Poeciliidae | benthopelagic | 5 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Aplocheilichthys loati | Poeciliidae | benthopelagic | 4 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Aplocheilichthys meyburgi | Poeciliidae | benthopelagic | 4 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Aplocheilichthys pumilus | Poeciliidae | benthopelagic | 6 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Astatoreochromis alluaudi | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 24 TL | 3.6 | native |
| Bagrus degeni | Bagridae | demersal | 49 TL | 3.7 | native |
| Bagrus docmak | Bagridae | benthopelagic | 135 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Barbus acuticeps | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 41 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Barbus altianalis altianalis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 90 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Barbus altianalis radcliffii | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 110 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Barbus apleurogramma | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 7 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Barbus cercops | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 9 TL | 2.4 | native |
| Barbus jacksoni | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus kerstenii kerstenii | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 11 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus magdalenae | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 9 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus neumayeri | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus nyanzae | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 9 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus paludinosus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 19 TL | 2.8 | native |
| Barbus radiatus profundus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 8 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Barbus radiatus radiatus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 2.8 | native |
| Barbus sexradiatus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 7 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus trispilopleura | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 5 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Barbus viktorianus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 8 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Brycinus macrolepidotus | Alestiidae | pelagic | 65 TL | 2.3 | native |
| Brycinus nurse | Alestiidae | pelagic | 25 TL | 2.4 | native |
| Caecomastacembelus frenatus | Mastacembelidae | demersal | 49 TL | 3.9 | native |
| Chiloglanis somereni | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 13 TL | 2.7 | native |
| Clariallabes petricola | Clariidae | demersal | 11 TL | 3.0 | 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 |
| Clarias werneri | Clariidae | demersal | 29 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Ctenopoma muriei muriei | Anabantidae | benthopelagic | 9 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Garra dembeensis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 14 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Gnathonemus longibarbis | Mormyridae | demersal | 44 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Haplochromis acidens | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 16 TL | 3.0 | endemic |
| Haplochromis aelocephalus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 3.3 | endemic |
| Haplochromis altigenis | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 25 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis apogonoides | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 17 TL | 3.9 | native |
| Haplochromis arcanus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 18 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis argenteus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 25 TL | 3.6 | native |
| Haplochromis artaxerxes | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 18 TL | 3.6 | endemic |
| Haplochromis barbarae | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 13 TL | 4.0 | native |
| Haplochromis bareli | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 16 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis bartoni | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 24 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis bayoni | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 19 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis boops | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 24 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis brownae | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 13 TL | 3.9 | endemic |
| Haplochromis cassius | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 12 TL | 3.4 | endemic |
| Haplochromis cavifrons | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 24 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis chilotes | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 19 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Haplochromis chlorochrous | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 3.6 | endemic |
| Haplochromis chromogynos | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 14 TL | 3.2 | endemic |
| Haplochromis chrysogynaion | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 12 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis cinctus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 11 TL | 2.0 | endemic |
| Haplochromis cinereus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 10 TL | 2.6 | endemic |
| Haplochromis cnester | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 10 TL | 3.0 | endemic |
| Haplochromis crassilabris | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 3.2 | endemic |
| Haplochromis crocopeplus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 13 TL | 3.6 | endemic |
| Haplochromis cronus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 17 TL | 4.0 | native |
| Haplochromis cryptodon | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 16 TL | 4.0 | endemic |
| Haplochromis cryptogramma | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 12 TL | 3.4 | endemic |
| Haplochromis cyaneus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 14 TL | 2.6 | native |
| Haplochromis decticostoma | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 28 TL | 4.0 | endemic |
| Haplochromis dentex | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 20 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis dichrourus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 23 TL | 4.0 | endemic |
| Haplochromis diplotaenia | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 14 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis dolichorhynchus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Haplochromis empodisma | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 2.9 | endemic |
| Haplochromis erythrocephalus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 10 TL | 2.5 | native |
| Haplochromis estor | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 21 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis eutaenia | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 11 TL | 3.6 | native |
| Haplochromis flavipinnis | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 20 TL | 4.5 | native |
| Haplochromis flavus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 2.3 | native |
| Haplochromis fusiformis | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 14 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Haplochromis gilberti | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 19 TL | 4.0 | endemic |
| Haplochromis gowersii | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 28 TL | 4.5 | native |
| Haplochromis granti | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 3.4 | endemic |
| Haplochromis guiarti | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 22 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis harpakteridion | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 10 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis heusinkveldi | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 10 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Haplochromis hiatus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 14 TL | 3.2 | endemic |
| Haplochromis howesi | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 20 TL | 3.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis humilior | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 11 TL | 2.6 | endemic |
| Haplochromis iris | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Haplochromis ishmaeli | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 17 TL | 3.6 | native |
| Haplochromis kujunjui | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 13 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis labriformis | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 8 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Haplochromis lacrimosus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 12 TL | 2.8 | endemic |
| Haplochromis laparogramma | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 11 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Haplochromis lividus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 11 TL | 2.4 | endemic |
| Haplochromis longirostris | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 18 TL | 3.9 | native |
| Haplochromis macrognathus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 22 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis macrops | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 12 TL | 2.8 | endemic |
| Haplochromis maculipinna | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 21 TL | 3.9 | endemic |
| Haplochromis maisomei | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 12 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis mandibularis | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 22 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis martini | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 13 TL | 3.9 | endemic |
| Haplochromis maxillaris | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 20 TL | 4.0 | endemic |
| Haplochromis megalops | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 10 TL | 3.3 | endemic |
| Haplochromis melanopterus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 16 TL | 4.0 | endemic |
| Haplochromis melanopus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 10 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Haplochromis melichrous | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 14 TL | 3.4 | endemic |
| Haplochromis mento | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 22 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis michaeli | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 18 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis microdon | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 19 TL | 4.0 | endemic |
| Haplochromis mylergates | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 17 TL | 3.4 | endemic |
| Haplochromis nanoserranus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 10 TL | 3.8 | endemic |
| Haplochromis nigrescens | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 12 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis niloticus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 13 TL | 3.0 | endemic |
| Haplochromis nubilus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 11 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Haplochromis nuchisquamulatus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 14 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Haplochromis nyanzae | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 21 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis obesus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 21 TL | 4.0 | native |
| Haplochromis obliquidens | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 11 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Haplochromis obtusidens | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 14 TL | 3.1 | endemic |
| Haplochromis pachycephalus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 29 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis pallidus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 10 TL | 2.6 | endemic |
| Haplochromis paraguiarti | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 20 TL | 3.2 | endemic |
| Haplochromis paraplagiostoma | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 12 TL | 3.0 | endemic |
| Haplochromis paropius | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 11 TL | 2.3 | endemic |
| Haplochromis parorthostoma | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 3.6 | endemic |
| Haplochromis parvidens | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 20 TL | 4.0 | endemic |
| Haplochromis pellegrini | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 13 TL | 3.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis percoides | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 12 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis perrieri | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 8 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis pharyngomylus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 16 TL | 3.2 | endemic |
| Haplochromis phytophagus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 11 TL | 2.0 | endemic |
| Haplochromis piceatus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 11 TL | 3.3 | endemic |
| Haplochromis pitmani | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 6 TL | 4.5 | endemic |
| Haplochromis plagiodon | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 11 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Haplochromis plagiostoma | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 18 TL | 4.5 | native |
| Haplochromis plutonius | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 12 TL | 3.6 | native |
| Haplochromis prodromus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 16 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Haplochromis prognathus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 18 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Haplochromis pseudopellegrini | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 19 TL | 4.5 | native |
| Haplochromis ptistes | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 13 TL | 3.6 | native |
| Haplochromis pyrrhocephalus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 9 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Haplochromis riponianus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 13 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Haplochromis sauvagei | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 13 TL | 2.7 | native |
| Haplochromis saxicola | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 16 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Haplochromis serranus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 26 TL | 4.5 | native |
| Haplochromis spekii | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 27 TL | 4.5 | native |
| Haplochromis squamulatus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 25 TL | 4.5 | native |
| Haplochromis sulphureus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 14 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Haplochromis teegelaari | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 13 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Haplochromis teunisrasi | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 12 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Haplochromis theliodon | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 12 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Haplochromis thuragnathus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 25 TL | 4.5 | native |
| Haplochromis tridens | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 2.8 | native |
| Haplochromis tyrianthinus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 13 TL | 3.5 | native |
| Haplochromis victorianus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 21 TL | 4.5 | native |
| Haplochromis welcommei | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 13 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Haplochromis xenognathus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 14 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Haplochromis xenostoma | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 25 TL | 4.5 | native |
| Hippopotamyrus grahami | Mormyridae | benthopelagic | 31 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Hoplotilapia retrodens | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 18 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Labeo victorianus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 51 TL | 2.4 | native |
| Labeo werneri | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 32 TL | 2.1 | native |
| Lates niloticus | Centropomidae | demersal | 193 TL | 3.8 | introduced |
| Lithochromis rubripinnis | Cichlidae | pelagic | 13 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Lithochromis rufus | Cichlidae | demersal | 11 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Lithochromis xanthopteryx | Cichlidae | demersal | 14 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Macropleurodus bicolor | Cichlidae | demersal | 19 TL | 3.6 | endemic |
| Marcusenius macrolepidotus | Mormyridae | demersal | 32 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Marcusenius rheni | Mormyridae | demersal | 21 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Marcusenius victoriae | Mormyridae | demersal | 19 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Mbipia lutea | Cichlidae | demersal | 17 TL | 2.6 | native |
| Mbipia mbipi | Cichlidae | demersal | 16 TL | 2.6 | native |
| Micropterus dolomieui | Centrarchidae | demersal | 69 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Micropterus salmoides | Centrarchidae | benthopelagic | 97 TL | 3.8 | introduced |
| Mormyrus kannume | Mormyridae | demersal | 122 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Neochromis gigas | Cichlidae | demersal | 18 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Neochromis greenwoodi | Cichlidae | demersal | 17 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Neochromis nigricans | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 12 TL | 2.1 | native |
| Neochromis omnicaeruleus | Cichlidae | demersal | 15 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Neochromis rufocaudalis | Cichlidae | demersal | 13 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Neochromis simotes | Cichlidae | demersal | 11 TL | 2.6 | native |
| Nothobranchius robustus | Aplocheilidae | benthopelagic | 6 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Nothobranchius taeniopygus | Aplocheilidae | benthopelagic | 6 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Oreochromis esculentus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 61 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Oreochromis leucostictus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 29 TL | 2.3 | introduced |
| Oreochromis niloticus niloticus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 74 TL | 2.0 | introduced |
| Oreochromis variabilis | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 37 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Paralabidochromis victoriae | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 10 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Petrocephalus catostoma catostoma | Mormyridae | demersal | 17 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Platytaeniodus degeni | Cichlidae | demersal | 19 TL | 3.2 | endemic |
| Pollimyrus nigricans | Mormyridae | demersal | 13 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Protopterus aethiopicus aethiopicus | Protopteridae | demersal | 200 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor multicolor | Cichlidae | demersal | 8 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Pundamilia azurea | Cichlidae | demersal | 12 TL | 2.7 | native |
| Pundamilia igneopinnis | Cichlidae | demersal | 14 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Pundamilia macrocephala | Cichlidae | demersal | 13 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Pundamilia nyererei | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 10 TL | 2.5 | native |
| Pundamilia pundamilia | Cichlidae | demersal | 16 TL | 3.7 | native |
| Rastrineobola argentea | Cyprinidae | pelagic | 11 TL | 3.5 | native |
| Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus | Cichlidae | demersal | 41 TL | 2.1 | 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 victoriae | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 43 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Tilapia rendalli | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 45 TL | 2.2 | introduced |
| Tilapia zillii | Cichlidae | demersal | 49 TL | 2.0 | introduced |
| Xenobarbus loveridgei | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 11 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Xenoclarias eupogon | Clariidae | demersal | 25 TL | 3.7 | native |
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