LISTING OF SOME OF OUR TROPICAL FRESHWATER FISHES, SHRIMPS, AND CRABS
FRESHWATER FISHES:
FAMILY NAME: COMMON NAME: SCIENTIFIC NAME:
- ALESTIDAE ALESTES BRYCINUS LONGIPINNIS
- ALESTIDAE BLUE DIAMOND ALESTES ALESTOPETERSIUS SMYKALAI
- ALESTIDAE CONGO TETRA PHENACOGRAMMUS INTERRUPTUS
- ALESTIDAE DIAMOND TETRA (SILVER) PHENACOGRAMMUS INTERRUPTUS
- ALESTIDAE LONG-FIN ALESTES HEMIGRAMMUS CAUDALIS
- ALESTIDAE ONE-LINE TETRA NEOLEBIAS UNIFASCIATUS
- ALESTIDAE RED EYE ARNOLDICHTHYS SPILOPTERUS
- ALESTIDAE RED-TAIL ALESTES MICRALESTES STORMSI
- ALESTIIDAE TIGER HYDROCYNUS VITTATUS
- ANABANTIDAE BUSH FISH (TAIL-SPOT) CTENOPOMA KINGSLEYAE
- ANABANTIDAE BUSH FISH (SPOTTED) CTENOPOMA MACULATUS
- ANABANTIDAE LEOPARD BUSH FISH CTENOPOMA ACUTIROSTRE
- BAGRIDAE GIRAFFE NOSED CAT AUCHENOGLANIS OCCIDENTALIS
- BAGRIDAE BAGRUS (SHOVEL HEAD) BAGRUS UBAGENSIS
- CHANNIDAE MUD FISH (SNAKEHEAD) CHANNA OBSCURA
- CHANNIDAE STRIPED SNAKEHEAD CHANNA STRIATA
- CICHLIDAE 5-STAR JEWEL CICHLID HEMICHROMIS ELONGATUS
- CICHLIDAE BUSH KRIBENSIS PELVICACHROMIS TAENIATUS
- CICHLIDAE DWARF JEWEL FISH THYSIA ANSORGII
- CICHLIDAE KRIBENSIS PELVICACHROMIS SUBOCELLATUS
- CICHLIDAE KRIBENSIS (RED) PELVICACHROMIS PULCHER
- CICHLIDAE SPOTTED CICHLIDS CHROMIDOTILAPIA GUENTHERI
- CICHLIDAE SPOTTED JEWEL FISH HEMICHROMIS CRISTATUS
- CICHLIDAE ZEBRA CICHLIDS PSEUDOTROPHEUS ZEBRA
- CLAROTEIDAE ALUMINUM CAT CHRYSICHTHYS LONGIPINNIS
- CLAROTEIDAE SPOTTED CAT PARAUCHENOGLANIS MACROSTOMA
- CYPRINIDAE GRACILIS BARBS BARBOIDES GRACILIS
- CYPRINIDAE AFRICAN CARP LABEO COUBIE
- DISTICHODONTIDAE AFFINIS DISTICHODUS
- DISTICHODONTIDAE AFRICAN PHAGO PHAGO MUCULATUS
- DISTICHODONTIDAE DOMINO-NEOLEBIAS NEOLEBIAS POWELLI
- GOBIIDAE GOBY GOBY GUDGEON
- GOBIIDAE GUPPY POECILIA RETICULATA
- GOBIIDAE MUDSKIPPER PERIOPHTHALMUS BARBARUS
- GYMNARCHIDAE ABA FISH GYMNARCHUS NILOTICUS
- HEPSETIDAE AFRICAN PIKE HEPSETUS ODOE
- LATIDAE LATES LATES NILOTICUS
- MACROPHTHALMIDAE MACROPHTHALMUS HAMNERZI APLOCHEILICHTHYS
- MACROPHTHALMIDAE MACROPHTHALMUS APLOCHEILICHTHYS
- MALAPTERIDAE ELECTRIC CAT MALAPTERURUS ELECTRICUS
- MASTACEMBELIDAE SPINY EEL MASTACEMBELUS FRENATUS
- MEGALOPIDAE MEGALOPS MEGALOPS ATLANTICUS
- MOCHOKIDAE BRACHY SYNODONTIS BATENSODA
- MOCHOKIDAE DWARF CAT MICROSYNODONTIS POLL
- MOCHOKIDAE EEL CATFISH CHANNALLABES APUS
- MOCHOKIDAE OCCELIFER SYNODONTIS OCCELATUS
- MOCHOKIDAE LACE CAT SYNODONTIS BUDGETTI
- MOCHOKIDAE NETWORK SYNODONTIS EUPTERUS
- MOCHOKIDAE STRIPED CATFISH SYNODONTIS STRIATUS
- MOCHOKIDAE D. CAT SYNODONTIS NIGRITA
- MONODACTYLIDAE AFRICAN MOONY (MONO SABAE) MONODACTYLUS SABAE
- MONODACTYLIDAE MOON FISH CITHARINUS CITHARUS
- MORMYRIDAE DOLPHIN MORMYROPS LONGIROSTRIS
- MORMYRIDAE ELEPHANTNOSE GNATHONEMUS PETERSII
- MORMYRIDAE ELEPHANT-SNOUT MORMYRUS KANNUME
- MORMYRIDAE WHALESNOSE MOMMYRUS BRACHYSTUS
- MORMYRIDAE ROUND NOSE POLYMYRUS NIGRIPINNIS
- MORMYRIDAE SHORT NOSE MERCUSENIUS ANGOLENSIS
- NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE ARNOLDI FUNDOLUPANCHAX ARNOLDI
- NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE BITAENIATUM APHYOSEMION BITAENIATUM
- NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE BLUE GULARIS FUNDOLUPANCHAX SJOESTEDI
- NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE CALLIURUM APHYOSEMION CALLIURUM
- NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE DELTAHENS FUNDOLUPANCHAX DELTAHENS
- NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE FILAMENTOSUS FUNDOLUPANCHAX
- NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE RAY-FINNED KILLIFISH APHYOSEMION BIVITTATUM
- NOTOPTERIDAE AFRICAN MARBLE KNIFE FISH PAPYROCRANUS AFER
- NOTOPTERIDAE KNIFE FISH XENOMYSTUS NIGRI
- OSTEOGLOSSIDAE AROWANA HETEROTIS NILOTICUS
- PANTODONTIDAE BUTTERFLY BUCHHOLZI PANTODON
- PHRACTOLAEMIDAE BLOOD FISH PHRACTOLAEMUS ANSORGII
- PIPIDAE MUD FROG XENOPUS LAEVIS
- PIPIDAE UNDERWATER FROG HYMENOCHIRUS BOETGERI
- POECILIIDAE BIFASCIATUS EPIPLATYS BIFASCIATUS
- POECILIIDAE BLUE FISH APLOCHEILICHTHYS FLAVIPINNIS
- POECILIIDAE BLUE FISH APLOCHEILICHTHYS MYERSI
- POECILIIDAE BLUE PANCHAX (WHITE-SPOT KILLIFISH) APLOCHEILUS PANCHAX
- POECILIIDAE LARGE-BLUE LAMPEYES APLOCHEILICHTHYS SPILAUCHEN
- POECILIIDAE NORMANI APLOCHEILICHTHYS
- POECILIIDAE PROCATOPUS SIMILIS EPIPLATYS SIMILIS
- POECILIIDAE SCHEELI APLOCHEILICHTHYS
- POECILIIDAE SEXFASCIATUS EPIPLATYS SEXFASCIATUS
- POLYCENTRIDAE LEAF FISH MONOCIRRHUS POLLYANCANTHUS
- POLYPTERIDAE BLACK VOLTA ENDLICHERI POLYPTERUS ENDLICHERI
- POLYPTERIDAE DELHEZI POLYPTERUS DELHEZI
- POLYPTERIDAE LAPRADEI POLYPTERUS LAPRADEI
- POLYPTERIDAE PALMAS POLYPTERUS PALMAS
- POLYPTERIDAE RARE FLAT-HEAD LAKE CHAD BICHIR BICHIR POLYPTERUS BICHIR
- POLYPTERIDAE ROPE/SNAKE/REED FISH ERPETOICHTHYS CALABARICUS
- PROTOPTERIDAE MARBLED LUNGFISH PROTOPTERUS AETHIOPICUS
- PROTOPTERIDAE PLAIN LUNG FISH PROTOPTERUS ANNECTENS
- PROTOPTERIDAE SPOTTED LUNG FISH PROTOPTERUS DOLLOI
- SCHILBEIDAE GLASS CAT FISH PARAILIA PELLUCIDA
- SCHILBEIDAE GRASS-CUTTER CAT SCHILBE INTERMEDIUS
- SCHILBEIDAE DEBAUWI EUTROPIELLUS DEBAUWI
- SYNGNATHIDAE PIPE FISH MICROPHIS BRACHYURUS
- TETRAODONTIDAE PUFFER TETRAODON FAHAKA
- TETRAODONTIDAE CALABAR PUFFER TETRAODON PUSTULATUS
SHRIMPS:
- ALPHEOIDEA PISTOL (LONG-CLAWED) SHRIMP ALPHEID SHRIMP
- ATYIDAE ATYA (ARMOURED) GHOST SHRIMP ATYA GABONENSIS
- GAMMARIDAE DWARF SHRIMP DESMOCARIS SP
- GAMMARIDAE FLOATING FRESHWATER SHRIMP GAMMARUS PULEX
- GAMMARIDAE FRESHWATER SHRIMP GAMMARUS PULEX
- PALAEMONIDAE GLASS (GHOST) SHRIMP PALAEMONETES PALUDOSUS
CRABS:
- DIOGENIDAE HERMIT CRAB CLIBANARIUS AFRICANUS
- GECARCINIDAE RAINBOW CRAB CARDISOMA ARMATUM
- OCYPODIDAE FIDDLER CRAB UCA TANGERI
- PORTUNIDAE GREEN CRAB CARCINUS MAENAS
- PORTUNIDAE MUD CRAB SCYLLA SERRATA
- POTAMINDAE FRESHWATER CRAB POTAMON IBERICUM
- SESARMIDAE MANGROVE TREE CRAB ARATUS PISONII