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

🇬🇳 Guinea and 2 moreClown killi Small West African freshwater fish with ringed patternsLivebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1915

🇨🇩 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

WorldPeters's elephantnose fish A West African freshwater fish that navigates using weak electric pulses.Other · Rivers and lakes

WorldBagrus catfish Large freshwater bagrid catfishes found mainly in Africa.Catfish · Rivers and lakes · 1816

Sub-Saharan AfricaRedbreast tilapia Herbivorous cichlid from southern African freshwatersCichlid · Rivers and lakes · 1897

Photo credits on this page

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

Saddled bichir: Studdart, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Clown killi: Oscar le poisson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Congo tetra: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Peters's elephantnose fish: GnathoMichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Bagrus catfish: Boulenger, George Albert; Loat, L., Public domain, source
Redbreast tilapia: Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0, source

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