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| Fish Species in Shire | |||||
| [No. of Species listed in Fishbase.org=58] | |||||
| Species | Family | Habitat | Length (cm) | Trophic level | Status |
| Aethiomastacembelus shiranus | Mastacembelidae | benthopelagic | 26 TL | 4.0 | native |
| Amphilius platychir | Amphiliidae | demersal | 21 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Anguilla nebulosa | Anguillidae | demersal | 121 TL | 3.8 | native |
| Aplocheilichthys johnstoni | Poeciliidae | benthopelagic | 9 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Aplocheilichthys katangae | Poeciliidae | benthopelagic | 5 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Astatotilapia calliptera | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 19 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus afrohamiltoni | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 22 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Barbus arcislongae | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 8 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Barbus atkinsoni | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 4 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus johnstonii | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 40 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Barbus kerstenii kerstenii | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 11 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus lineomaculatus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 11 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus macrotaenia | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 5 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus microcephalus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 23 TL | 2.8 | native |
| Barbus paludinosus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 19 TL | 2.8 | native |
| Barbus radiatus aurantiacus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 10 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Barbus trimaculatus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 19 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Barbus viviparus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 9 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Brycinus imberi | Alestiidae | demersal | 20 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Chiloglanis neumanni | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 8 TL | 2.8 | native |
| Chilotilapia rhoadesii | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 23 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Clarias gariepinus | Clariidae | benthopelagic | 170 TL | 4.4 | native |
| Clarias ngamensis | Clariidae | demersal | 73 TL | 4.3 | native |
| Clarias theodorae | Clariidae | demersal | 35 TL | 4.4 | native |
| Cyathochromis obliquidens | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 15 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Dimidiochromis kiwinge | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 30 TL | 4.5 | native |
| Dimidiochromis strigatus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 25 TL | 4.0 | native |
| Hemigrammopetersius barnardi | Alestiidae | pelagic | 9 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Hemitilapia oxyrhyncha | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 20 TL | 2.0 | endemic |
| Hippopotamyrus discorhynchus | Mormyridae | demersal | 38 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Hydrocynus vittatus | Alestiidae | demersal | 117 TL | 4.5 | native |
| Irvineia orientalis | Schilbeidae | demersal | 62 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Labeo altivelis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 49 TL | 2.4 | native |
| Labeo cylindricus | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 49 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Leptoglanis rotundiceps | Amphiliidae | demersal | 7 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Malapterurus shirensis | Malapteruridae | benthopelagic | 37 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Marcusenius macrolepidotus | Mormyridae | demersal | 32 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Marcusenius nyasensis | Mormyridae | demersal | 37 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Micralestes acutidens | Alestiidae | pelagic | 11 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Mormyrops anguilloides | Mormyridae | demersal | 150 TL | 4.0 | native |
| Mormyrus longirostris | Mormyridae | demersal | 92 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Opsaridium ubangiensis | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 12 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Opsaridium zambezense | Cyprinidae | benthopelagic | 19 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Oreochromis mossambicus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 48 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Oreochromis placidus placidus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 36 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Oreochromis shiranus chilwae | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 21 TL | 2.5 | native |
| Oreochromis shiranus shiranus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 48 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Otopharynx tetraspilus | Cichlidae | demersal | 16 TL | 2.7 | native |
| Otopharynx tetrastigma | Cichlidae | demersal | 16 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Protomelas kirkii | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 18 TL | 3.4 | native |
| Protomelas triaenodon | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 16 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Protopterus annectens brieni | Protopteridae | demersal | 90 TL | 3.8 | native |
| Pseudocrenilabrus philander dispersus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 10 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Serranochromis robustus jallae | Cichlidae | demersal | 49 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Synodontis nebulosus | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 19 TL | 2.5 | native |
| Synodontis njassae | Mochokidae | benthopelagic | 20 TL | 3.1 | native |
| Tilapia rendalli | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 45 TL | 2.2 | native |
| Trematocranus placodon | Cichlidae | demersal | 25 TL | 3.4 | native |
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