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Fish of Sub-Saharan Africa

16 fish from Sub-Saharan Africa on EveryFish so far.

🇪🇬 Egypt and 4 moreNile tilapia A hardy cichlid farmed globally for food.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1758

🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreAfrican sharptooth catfish Large airbreathing catfish farmed across Africa and AsiaCatfish · Rivers and lakes

🇧🇯 Benin and 4 moreSaddled bichir A large African freshwater fish with primitive lungs and multiple dorsal finlets.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1845

🇧🇼 Botswana and 1 moreAfrican tigerfish Predatory freshwater fish known for sharp teeth and leaping hunting behaviour.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1861

🇳🇬 NigeriaGymnarchus African electric fish with a long dorsal fin used for swimming and sensing prey.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1829

🇺🇬 Uganda and 2 moreSilver cyprinid A small pelagic fish from Lake Victoria that supports regional food security.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇸🇳 SenegalNile bichir An ancient African fish with lungs and armour-like scales.Ancient · Rivers and lakes

🇺🇬 UgandaNangnang fish A small freshwater fish from the Nile basin, prized as a fried snack in Uganda.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇰🇪 Kenya and 4 moreRipon barbel A large freshwater cyprinid from East African lakes and rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1900

Sub-Saharan AfricaSynodontis A large African genus of spotted catfish known for squeaking sounds and belly-up swimming.Catfish · Rivers and lakes

🇲🇼 Malawi and 2 moreMalawi eyebiter Predatory cichlid from Lake Malawi known for its narrow body and unique feeding habits.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes

🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreWhale shark The largest living fish species, a gentle giant of tropical oceans.Shark · Open ocean · 1829

🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreWest Indian Ocean coelacanth Rare deep-sea fish with blue scales and limb-like fins.Ancient · Deep sea · 1938

🇸🇳 Senegal and 3 moreWest African lungfish Air-breathing freshwater fish from AfricaAncient · Rivers and lakes

🇸🇳 Senegal and 3 moreSenegal bichir Ancient African fish that breathes air and walks on landAncient · Rivers and lakes

🇦🇴 Angola and 3 moreMarbled lungfish African lungfish with the largest known animal genome, found in East and Central Africa.Ancient · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Nile tilapia: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
African sharptooth catfish: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Saddled bichir: Studdart, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Bichir: 5snake5, CC0, source
African tigerfish: Totti, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Gymnarchus: Wiki-Harfus ; modified by Wildfeuer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Silver cyprinid: Boulenger, George Albert; Loat, L., Public domain, source
Nile bichir: Boulenger, George Albert; Loat, L., Public domain, source
Nangnang fish: Africalli, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Synodontis: Paweł Cieśla Staszek_Szybki_Jest, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Ripon barbel: Georges Albert Boulenger, Public domain, source
Malawi eyebiter: Gareth J. Fraser, C. Darrin Hulsey, Ryan F. Bloomquist, Kristine Uyesu, CC BY 2.5, source
Whale shark: User:Zac Wolf (original), en:User:Stefan (cropping), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
West Indian Ocean coelacanth: sybarite48, CC BY 2.0, source
West African lungfish: Gőtehal.jpg : Mathae derivative work: Bff, CC BY 2.5, source
Marbled lungfish: George Berninger Jr., CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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