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Fish Species in Athi-Galana-Sabaki River Drainage System Second largest, east-flowing system of Kenya. Rising near Nairobi, it drains the Kapiti Plains south of Nairobi, the southern slopes of the Aderdare Mountains, parts of Yatta Plateau and the eastern flanks of Mount Kilimanjaro. Major tributaries include Kiboko and Tsavo Rivers. Below Lugard's Fall (near Tsavo River confluence), river is called Galana. The lowermost course is called Sabaki. The Tsavo River, which is maintained by the Mazima Springs, is the only permanent flowing affluent of the lower drainage system. | |||||
| [No. of Species listed in Fishbase.org=81] | |||||
| Species | Family | Habitat | Length (cm) | Trophic level | Status |
| Acentrogobius simplex | Gobiidae | demersal | 10 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Alestes affinis | Alestiidae | pelagic | 14 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Ambassis gymnocephalus | Ambassidae | demersal | 16 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Amphilius uranoscopus | Amphiliidae | demersal | 20 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Anguilla bengalensis labiata | Anguillidae | demersal | 160 TL | 3.7 | native |
| Anguilla bicolor bicolor | Anguillidae | demersal | 100 TL | 3.6 | native |
| Anguilla mossambica | Anguillidae | demersal | 150 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Aplocheilichthys kongoranensis | Poeciliidae | benthopelagic | 4 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Arius africanus | Ariidae | benthopelagic | 55 TL | 3.8 | native |
| Arius dussumieri | Ariidae | demersal | 76 TL | 4.0 | native |
| Astatoreochromis alluaudi | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 24 TL | 3.6 | native |
| Awaous aeneofuscus | Gobiidae | benthopelagic | 32 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Barbus apleurogramma | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 7 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Barbus innocens | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 8 TL | 2.4 | native |
| Barbus jacksoni | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus kerstenii kerstenii | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 11 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus laticeps | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 7 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Barbus lineomaculatus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 11 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus mariae | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 42 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus neumayeri | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus oxyrhynchus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 49 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Barbus paludinosus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 19 TL | 2.8 | native |
| Barbus quadripunctatus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 4 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Barbus zanzibaricus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 10 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Brycinus imberi | Alestiidae | demersal | 20 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Butis butis | Eleotridae | demersal | 15 TL | 4.0 | native |
| Caecomastacembelus frenatus | Mastacembelidae | demersal | 49 TL | 3.9 | native |
| Carcharhinus leucas | Carcharhinidae | demersal | 350 TL | 4.3 | native |
| Chiloglanis brevibarbis | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 6 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Clarias gariepinus | Clariidae | benthopelagic | 170 TL | 4.4 | native |
| Clarotes laticeps | Bagridae | demersal | 98 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Ctenopharyngodon idellus | Cyprinidae | demersal | 150 TL | 2.0 | introduced |
| Cyprinus carpio carpio | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 147 TL | 3.0 | introduced |
| Eleotris fusca | Eleotridae | demersal | 26 TL | 4.0 | native |
| Garra dembeensis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 14 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Glossogobius giuris | Gobiidae | demersal | 61 TL | 4.3 | native |
| Haplochromis pectoralis | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 9 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Hippichthys cyanospilus | Syngnathidae | demersal | 20 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Kuhlia rupestris | Kuhliidae | benthopelagic | 45 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Labeo cylindricus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 49 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Labeo gregorii | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 13 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Labeo trigliceps | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 49 TL | 2.4 | native |
| Liza macrolepis | Mugilidae | demersal | 74 TL | 2.7 | native |
| Marcusenius livingstonii | Mormyridae | demersal | 37 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Marcusenius macrolepidotus | Mormyridae | demersal | 32 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Megalops cyprinoides | Megalopidae | pelagic | 150 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Microphis fluviatilis | Syngnathidae | demersal | 21 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Monodactylus argenteus | Monodactylidae | pelagic | 25 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Mormyrus bernhardi | Mormyridae | demersal | 24 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Mormyrus tenuirostris | Mormyridae | demersal | 13 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Mugil cephalus | Mugilidae | benthopelagic | 147 TL | 2.1 | native |
| Neobola fluviatilis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 10 TL | 2.8 | native |
| Nothobranchius cyaneus | Aplocheilidae | benthopelagic | 6 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Nothobranchius elongatus | Aplocheilidae | benthopelagic | 6 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Nothobranchius foerschi | Aplocheilidae | benthopelagic | 5 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Nothobranchius interruptus | Aplocheilidae | benthopelagic | 7 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Nothobranchius janpapi | Aplocheilidae | benthopelagic | 5 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Nothobranchius jubbi | Aplocheilidae | benthopelagic | 6 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Nothobranchius lourensi | Aplocheilidae | benthopelagic | 5 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Nothobranchius microlepis | Aplocheilidae | benthopelagic | 70 TL | 3.5 | native |
| Nothobranchius steinforti | Aplocheilidae | benthopelagic | 5 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | Salmonidae | benthopelagic | 120 TL | 4.4 | introduced |
| Oreochromis spilurus niger | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 40 TL | 2.6 | native |
| Oreochromis spilurus spilurus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 24 TL | 2.6 | native |
| Pantanodon stuhlmanni | Poeciliidae | benthopelagic | 5 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Pellona ditchela | Clupeidae | pelagic | 20 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Poecilia latipinna | Poeciliidae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 2.0 | introduced |
| Poecilia reticulata | Poeciliidae | benthopelagic | 7 TL | 3.2 | introduced |
| Pristis microdon | Pristidae | demersal | 656 TL | 3.9 | native |
| Protopterus amphibius | Protopteridae | demersal | 45 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Protopterus annectens annectens | Protopteridae | demersal | 100 TL | 3.8 | native |
| Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 8 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Rhabdalestes tangensis | Alestiidae | pelagic | 8 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Salmo trutta trutta | Salmonidae | pelagic | 171 TL | 3.3 | introduced |
| Scatophagus tetracanthus | Scatophagidae | benthopelagic | 30 TL | 2.8 | native |
| Schilbe intermedius | Schilbeidae | pelagic | 61 TL | 3.7 | native |
| Stenogobius kenyae | Gobiidae | demersal | 12 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Synodontis rukwaensis | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 29 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Synodontis serpentis | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 13 TL | 2.6 | native |
| Synodontis zanzibaricus | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 14 TL | 2.6 | endemic |
| Tilapia rendalli | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 45 TL | 2.2 | introduced |
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