Angola
Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species
This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in Angola is based on the taxonomy used in FishBase 2004 (2004). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.
FishBase 2004: a global information system on fishes. DVD. WorldFish Center - Philippine Office, Los Banos, Philippines. Published in May 2004.
The current version of this electronic database is accessible here.
OC = a FishBase occurrence record suggests a specimen from another country outside normal stated range ( these vary widely in reliability from obvious misidentifications to being almost certainly correct)
Alestes ansorgii (Alestiidae)
Micralestes argyrotaenia OC (Alestiidae)
Amphilius lentiginosus (Amphiliidae)
Doumea angolensis (Amphiliidae)
Phractura macrura (Amphiliidae)
Ctenopoma machadoi (Anabantidae)
Chrysichthys ansorgii (Bagridae)
Chrysichthys bocagii (Bagridae)
Parauchenoglanis ansorgii OC (Bagridae)
Haplochromis humilis OC (Cichlidae)
Haplochromis lucullae (Cichlidae)
Haplochromis multiocellatus (Cichlidae)
Hemichromis angolensis (Cichlidae)
Oreochromis angolensis (Cichlidae)
Serranochromis thysi OC (Cichlidae)
Dundocharax bidentatus (Citharinidae)
Hemigrammocharax angolensis (Citharinidae)
Hemigrammocharax lineostriatus (Citharinidae)
Hemigrammocharax monardi OC (Citharinidae)
Nannocharax fasciolaris (Citharinidae)
Clariallabes heterocephalus OC (Clariidae)
Clarias nigromarmoratus (Clariidae)
Platyclarias machadoi (Clariidae)
Barbus ansorgii (Cyprinidae)
Barbus brevilateralis (Cyprinidae)
Barbus caudosignatus (Cyprinidae)
Barbus chicapaensis (Cyprinidae)
Barbus chiumbeensis (Cyprinidae)
Barbus ensis (Cyprinidae)
Barbus evansi (Cyprinidae)
Barbus girardi (Cyprinidae)
Barbus greenwoodi (Cyprinidae)
Barbus gulielmi (Cyprinidae)
Barbus kessleri OC (Cyprinidae) Gillbar Barb
Barbus mediosquamatus (Cyprinidae)
Barbus mocoensis OC (Cyprinidae)
Barbus musumbi (Cyprinidae) Musumbi Barb
Barbus nanningsi OC (Cyprinidae)
Barbus petchkovskyi (Cyprinidae)
Barbus rhinophorus (Cyprinidae)
Barbus rocadasi OC (Cyprinidae)
Barbus rohani OC (Cyprinidae)
Barbus rosae OC (Cyprinidae)
Barbus roussellei (Cyprinidae)
Barbus wellmani (Cyprinidae)
Labeo rocadasi (Cyprinidae)
Raiamas ansorgii (Cyprinidae) Black-barred Barilius
Varicorhinus ansorgii OC (Cyprinidae)
Varicorhinus clarkeae (Cyprinidae)
Varicorhinus ensifer (Cyprinidae)
Varicorhinus latirostris (Cyprinidae)
Varicorhinus stenostoma OC (Cyprinidae)
Varicorhinus varicostoma (Cyprinidae)
Kneria angolensis OC (Kneriidae)
Kneria ansorgii OC (Kneriidae)
Kneria sjolandersi (Kneriidae)
Parakneria marmorata (Kneriidae)
Caecomastacembelus ansorgii (Mastacembelidae)
Chiloglanis angolensis (Mochokidae)
Chiloglanis sardinhai (Mochokidae)
Synodontis laessoei (Mochokidae)
Gnathonemus barbatus (Mormyridae)
Heteromormyrus pauciradiatus (Mormyridae)
Hippopotamyrus pappenheimi OC (Mormyridae)
Marcusenius cuangoanus (Mormyridae)
Marcusenius dundoensis (Mormyridae)
Paramormyrops jacksoni OC (Mormyridae) Ghost Stonebasher
Petrocephalus cunganus (Mormyridae)
Aplocheilichthys mediolateralis (Poeciliidae)
Aplocheilichthys nigrolateralis (Poeciliidae) Blackside Lampeye
Schilbe angolensis (Schilbeidae)
Schilbe bocagii (Schilbeidae)An additional endemic freshwater fish species described too recently to be included in FishBase 2004 is given below. This list is primarily based on information from the 13 March 2009 version of the Catalog of Fishes database (current version here) and includes species described through 2008. In addition to the 72 endemic freshwater fish species listed above, the additional species listed below gives a total of 73 species of freshwater fishes known solely from Angola.
Synodontis macropunctata (Mochokidae) 2008