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List of Freshwater Fishes for Somalia
Number of freshwater fish species:
57
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. All links below take you to pages on the fishbase.org site.
Tropical Freshwater Fish | Biotope aquaria | Country Index
Record number 1 to 57 |
| Order |
Family |
Species |
Status |
FB name |
Name |
| Perciformes |
Sparidae |
Acanthopagrus berda
|
native | Picnic seabream | Bir-birtoy |
| Pristiformes |
Pristidae |
Anoxypristis cuspidata
|
native | Knifetooth sawfish | |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Cyprinodontidae |
Aphanius dispar dispar
|
native | | |
| Siluriformes |
Ariidae |
Arius brunellii
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Awaous aeneofuscus
|
native | Freshwater goby | |
| Siluriformes |
Bagridae |
Bagrus docmak
|
native | Semutundu | |
| Siluriformes |
Bagridae |
Bagrus urostigma
|
native | Somalia catfish | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Barbopsis devecchii
|
endemic | Somalian blind barb | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Barbus gananensis
|
native | | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Barbus zanzibaricus
|
native | Zanzibar barb | |
| Characiformes |
Alestidae |
Brycinus macrolepidotus
|
native | True big-scale tetra | |
| Carcharhiniformes |
Carcharhinidae |
Carcharhinus leucas
|
native | Bull shark | |
| Gonorynchiformes |
Chanidae |
Chanos chanos
|
native | Milkfish | Ilweyn |
| Siluriformes |
Clariidae |
Clarias gariepinus
|
native | North African catfish | |
| Siluriformes |
Claroteidae |
Clarotes bidorsalis
|
native | | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Garra tibanica
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Glossogobius giuris
|
native | Tank goby | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Gobius scorteccii
|
native | | |
| Siluriformes |
Schilbeidae |
Irvineia orientalis
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Kuhliidae |
Kuhlia rupestris
|
native | Rock flagtail | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Labeo brunellii
|
error | | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Labeo carnigliae
|
native | | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Labeo mesops
|
native | Tana labeo | |
| Perciformes |
Monodactylidae |
Monodactylus argenteus
|
native | Silver moony | Soor-yaxaas |
| Osteoglossiformes |
Mormyridae |
Mormyrops citernii
|
native | | |
| Osteoglossiformes |
Mormyridae |
Mormyrus casalis
|
native | | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Mugil cephalus
|
native | Flathead mullet | Caanood |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Neobola bottegoi
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Pomacentridae |
Neopomacentrus taeniurus
|
native | Freshwater demoiselle | |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Nothobranchiidae |
Nothobranchius cyaneus
|
native | | |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Nothobranchiidae |
Nothobranchius fasciatus
|
endemic | | |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Nothobranchiidae |
Nothobranchius jubbi
|
native | | |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Nothobranchiidae |
Nothobranchius microlepis
|
native | Small scaled nothobranch | |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Nothobranchiidae |
Nothobranchius patrizii
|
native | Blue notho | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis spilurus spilurus
|
native | Sabaki tilapia | |
| Siluriformes |
Claroteidae |
Pardiglanis tarabinii
|
native | Somalian giant catfish | Giant catfish |
| Rajiformes |
Dasyatidae |
Pastinachus sephen
|
native | Cowtail stingray | Shafane cordaal |
| Clupeiformes |
Pristigasteridae |
Pellona ditchela
|
native | Indian pellona | Aarijoog |
| Osteoglossiformes |
Mormyridae |
Petrocephalus gliroides
|
native | | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Phreatichthys andruzzii
|
endemic | Somalian cavefish | |
| Anguilliformes |
Ophichthidae |
Pisodonophis boro
|
native | Rice-paddy eel | |
| Pristiformes |
Pristidae |
Pristis pectinata
|
native | Smalltooth sawfish | Libaax-miinshaar |
| Pristiformes |
Pristidae |
Pristis zijsron
|
native | Longcomb sawfish | |
| Lepidosireniformes |
Protopteridae |
Protopterus amphibius
|
native | Gilled lungfish | |
| Perciformes |
Leiognathidae |
Secutor ruconius
|
native | Deep pugnose ponyfish | |
| Perciformes |
Sillaginidae |
Sillago sihama
|
native | Silver sillago | Caanood |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stenogobius gymnopomus
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stenogobius kenyae
|
native | Africa rivergoby | |
| Siluriformes |
Mochokidae |
Synodontis frontosa
|
native | | |
| Siluriformes |
Mochokidae |
Synodontis geledensis
|
native | Geledi squeaker | |
| Siluriformes |
Mochokidae |
Synodontis leoparda
|
native | | |
| Siluriformes |
Mochokidae |
Synodontis punctulata
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Terapontidae |
Terapon jarbua
|
native | Jarbua terapon | Geedow |
| Perciformes |
Terapontidae |
Terapon puta
|
native | Small-scaled terapon | Geedow |
| Siluriformes |
Clariidae |
Uegitglanis zammaranoi
|
endemic | | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Valamugil buchanani
|
native | Bluetail mullet | Caanood |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Valamugil cunnesius
|
native | Longarm mullet | Caanood |
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