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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

🇪🇬 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

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

🇺🇬 UgandaNangnang fish A small freshwater fish from the Nile basin, prized as a fried snack in Uganda.Other · 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 Sub-Saharan AfricaVundu A large air-breathing catfish native to African rivers and lakes.Catfish · Rivers and lakes

Sub-Saharan AfricaVictoria tilapia A cichlid native to Lake Victoria with unique colour patterns.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes

🇹🇿 Tanzania and 2 moreSleek lates A freshwater perch found only in Lake Tanganyika, valued by local fisheries.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreMozambique tilapia A hardy cichlid from southeastern Africa, now farmed globally and listed as a major invasive species.Cichlid · Rivers and lakes

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

🇿🇲 Zambia and 3 moreLake Tanganyika sardine A freshwater clupeid fish native to Lake Tanganyika, now farmed and fished across Africa.Herring · Rivers and lakes

🇿🇲 Zambia and 4 moreKapenta Small freshwater sardines from Lake Tanganyika, vital for food and economy in southern Africa.Herring · 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
Silver cyprinid: Boulenger, George Albert; Loat, L., Public domain, source
Nangnang fish: Africalli, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Marbled lungfish: George Berninger Jr., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Victoria tilapia: G.F.Turner, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Sleek lates: Fundi49, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Mozambique tilapia: Greg Hume, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
African arowana: George Albert Boulenger, Public domain, source
Lake Tanganyika sardine: Zimrh, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Kapenta: Emesik, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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