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Fish of Sub-Saharan Africa

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

Fish places

Lake Malawi 1 Lake Victoria 1 Lake Tanganyika The Sardine Run coast

Events

Argungu Fishing Festival Sardine run

Countries

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

🇦🇴 Angola and 3 moreAtlantic mudskipper Semi-aquatic goby that walks on mudflats in West Africa.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1766

🇨🇮 Ivory Coast and 4 moreAfrican pike characin West African freshwater predator with a pike-like shapeOther · Rivers and lakes · 1794

🇳🇬 NigeriaHingemouth Small African fish with a unique proboscis-like mouthOther · Rivers and lakes

Sub-Saharan AfricaMbu pufferfish Large carnivorous freshwater puffer from the Congo River.Other · Rivers and lakes

Sub-Saharan AfricaFreshwater butterflyfish Surface-dwelling African fish that glides above water.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the CongoCongo tetra A colourful African freshwater fish kept in home aquaria for its bright scales and feathery tail.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1899

🇹🇩 Chad and 2 moreAfrican brown knifefish Nocturnal freshwater fish with a knife-shaped body and fused fins.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo and 3 moreSix-banded distichodus A striped African freshwater fish popular in aquariums.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇸🇳 Senegal and 4 moreAfrican arowana Plankton-eating bonytongue fish native to African riversOther · Rivers and lakes

🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the CongoGoliath tigerfish A massive freshwater predator from the Congo River Basin known for its size and sharp teeth.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1898

Photo credits on this page

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

African tigerfish: Totti, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Atlantic mudskipper: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
African pike characin: J. F. Hennig, Public domain, source
Hingemouth: George Albert Boulenger, Public domain, source
Mbu pufferfish: Liné1, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Freshwater butterflyfish: Toniher, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Congo tetra: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
African brown knifefish: User:Haplochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Six-banded distichodus: S Willams, CC BY 3.0, source
African arowana: George Albert Boulenger, Public domain, source
Goliath tigerfish: Sablegsd, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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