Fish of Sub-Saharan Africa
76 fish from Sub-Saharan Africa on EveryFish so far.
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🇦🇴 Angola 5🇧🇯 Benin 2🇧🇼 Botswana 2🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 1🇧🇮 Burundi 7🇨🇲 Cameroon 9🇨🇫 Central African Republic 4🇹🇩 Chad 3🇰🇲 Comoros 1🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8🇪🇹 Ethiopia 3🇬🇦 Gabon 2🇬🇲 Gambia 2🇬🇭 Ghana 2🇬🇳 Guinea 1🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 1🇰🇪 Kenya 6🇱🇸 Lesotho 2🇱🇷 Liberia 1🇲🇬 Madagascar 4🇲🇼 Malawi 7🇲🇷 Mauritania 1🇲🇿 Mozambique 9🇳🇦 Namibia 3🇳🇪 Niger 1🇳🇬 Nigeria 8🇷🇼 Rwanda 3🇸🇳 Senegal 4🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 2🇸🇴 Somalia 1🇿🇦 South Africa 18🇹🇿 Tanzania 15🇹🇬 Togo 1🇺🇬 Uganda 6🇿🇲 Zambia 6🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 5
GroupSharkRayCarpCatfishSalmonidHerringCodTunaPerch-likeCichlidReef fishEelFlatfishLivebearerAncientOther
WaterRivers and lakesEstuaries and mangrovesCoasts and shelvesCoral reefsOpen oceanDeep seaPolar and cold seasCaves and springsBetween sea and river
🇲🇿 MozambiqueBluefin notho
A small annual killifish from Mozambique kept in aquaria.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1926
🇬🇦 GabonLyretail panchax
Small colourful freshwater killifish from GabonLivebearer · Rivers and lakes
🇬🇳 Guinea and 2 moreClown killi
Small West African freshwater fish with ringed patternsLivebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1915
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 1 moreBlue lyretail
A colourful West African killifish kept in home aquariums.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1911
🇹🇿 TanzaniaRedtail notho
A small annual killifish from ZanzibarLivebearer · Rivers and lakes
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 1 moreBlue lyretail
A colourful West African killifish kept in home aquariums.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1911
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Lyretail panchax: Alexander Prokoshev, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Clown killi: Oscar le poisson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Blue lyretail: Violaine2, France, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Redtail notho: Jokuyken15, CC BY 4.0, source