Cameroon
Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species
This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in Cameroon 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 batesii (Alestiidae)
Alestes tessmanni (Alestiidae)
Hemigrammopetersius pulcher (Alestiidae)
Phenacogrammus stigmatura (Alestiidae)
Phenacogrammus taeniatus (Alestiidae)
Paramphilius goodi OC (Amphiliidae)
Ctenopoma garuanum (Anabantidae)
Ctenopoma riggenbachi (Anabantidae)
Aphyosemion amoenum (Aplocheilidae) Red-finned Killifish
Aphyosemion bamilekorum (Aplocheilidae) Bamileke Killifish
Aphyosemion celiae (Aplocheilidae) Margined Killifish
Aphyosemion dargei (Aplocheilidae) Mbam Killifish
Aphyosemion edeanum (Aplocheilidae) Edea Killifish
Aphyosemion elberti (Aplocheilidae) Red-barred Killifish
Aphyosemion franzwerneri (Aplocheilidae) Goby Killifish
Aphyosemion heinemanni (Aplocheilidae) Heinemann's Killifish
Aphyosemion loennbergii (Aplocheilidae)
Aphyosemion lugens (Aplocheilidae) Mourning Killifish
Aphyosemion pascheni (Aplocheilidae) Gray Killifish
Aphyosemion poliaki (Aplocheilidae) Mount Cameroon Killifish
Aphyosemion raddai (Aplocheilidae)
Aphyosemion riggenbachi (Aplocheilidae) Red-Spotted Purple Killifish
Aphyosemion trilineatus (Aplocheilidae)
Aphyosemion volcanum (Aplocheilidae) Volcano Killifish
Epiplatys esekanus (Aplocheilidae) Eseka Panchax
Epiplatys zenkeri (Aplocheilidae)
Fundulopanchax amieti (Aplocheilidae) Amiet's Lyretail
Fundulopanchax cinnamomeum (Aplocheilidae) Cinnamon Killifish
Fundulopanchax fallax OC (Aplocheilidae) Kribi Killifish
Fundulopanchax marmoratus (Aplocheilidae) Marbled Lyretail
Fundulopanchax mirabilis (Aplocheilidae) Miracle Killifish
Fundulopanchax puerzli (Aplocheilidae)
Fundulopanchax robertsoni (Aplocheilidae)
Fundulopanchax rubrolabialis (Aplocheilidae) Red-lipped Killifish
Auchenoglanis ahli (Bagridae)
Auchenoglanis altipinnis OC (Bagridae)
Auchenoglanis guirali OC (Bagridae)
Auchenoglanis longiceps (Bagridae)
Auchenoglanis maculosus (Bagridae)
Auchenoglanis monkei (Bagridae)
Auchenoglanis pantherinus OC (Bagridae)
Auchenoglanis pietschmanni (Bagridae)
Chrysichthys longidorsalis (Bagridae)
Gephyroglanis habereri (Bagridae)
Parauchenoglanis loennbergi (Bagridae) Dotted Catfish
Platyglanis depierrei (Bagridae)
Benitochromis conjunctus (Cichlidae)
Benitochromis ufermanni (Cichlidae)
Chromidotilapia linkei (Cichlidae)
Etia nguti (Cichlidae)
Gobiocichla ethelwynnae (Cichlidae) Cross River Goby Cichlid
Konia dikume (Cichlidae) Dikume
Konia eisentrauti (Cichlidae) Konye
Myaka myaka (Cichlidae) Myaka
Pungu maclareni (Cichlidae) Pungu
Sarotherodon caroli (Cichlidae) Fissi
Sarotherodon linnellii (Cichlidae) Unga
Sarotherodon lohbergeri (Cichlidae) Leka Keppe
Sarotherodon steinbachi (Cichlidae) Kululu
Stomatepia mariae (Cichlidae) Nsess
Stomatepia mongo (Cichlidae) Mongo
Stomatepia pindu (Cichlidae) Pindu
Tilapia bakossiorum (Cichlidae)
Tilapia bemini (Cichlidae)
Tilapia bythobates (Cichlidae)
Tilapia cameronensis (Cichlidae)
Tilapia camerunensis OC (Cichlidae)
Tilapia deckerti (Cichlidae)
Tilapia flava (Cichlidae)
Tilapia gutturosa (Cichlidae)
Tilapia imbriferna (Cichlidae)
Tilapia kottae (Cichlidae)
Tilapia margaritacea (Cichlidae)
Tilapia snyderae (Cichlidae)
Tilapia spongotroktis (Cichlidae)
Tilapia thysi (Cichlidae)
Tylochromis trewavasae (Cichlidae)
Distichodus kolleri (Citharinidae)
Hemigrammocharax ocellicauda OC (Citharinidae)
Nannocharax micros (Citharinidae)
Nannocharax rubrolabiatus (Citharinidae)
Clariallabes attemsi (Clariidae)
Clariallabes pietschmanni (Clariidae)
Clarias longior OC (Clariidae)
Clarias maclareni (Clariidae)
Thrattidion noctivagus (Clupeidae) Sanaga Pygmy Herring
Barbus aspilus OC (Cyprinidae)
Barbus bourdariei (Cyprinidae)
Barbus brevispinis (Cyprinidae)
Barbus habereri OC (Cyprinidae)
Barbus mbami (Cyprinidae)
Barbus micronema OC (Cyprinidae)
Barbus mungoensis (Cyprinidae)
Barbus nounensis (Cyprinidae)
Barbus parajae OC (Cyprinidae)
Barbus taeniurus OC (Cyprinidae)
Barbus tegulifer (Cyprinidae)
Barbus zalbiensis OC (Cyprinidae)
Garra allostoma (Cyprinidae)
Labeo nunensis (Cyprinidae)
Labeo sanagaensis (Cyprinidae)
Prolabeops melanhypopterus (Cyprinidae)
Prolabeops nyongensis (Cyprinidae)
Rasbora gerlachi (Cyprinidae)
Sanagia velifera (Cyprinidae)
Varicorhinus fimbriatus (Cyprinidae)
Varicorhinus jaegeri (Cyprinidae)
Varicorhinus mariae (Cyprinidae)
Varicorhinus tornieri (Cyprinidae)
Ebomegobius goodi (Gobiidae)
Aethiomastacembelus sanagali (Mastacembelidae)
Aethiomastacembelus sexdecimspinus (Mastacembelidae)
Caecomastacembelus seiteri (Mastacembelidae)
Chiloglanis disneyi OC (Mochokidae)
Chiloglanis harbinger (Mochokidae)
Chiloglanis niger (Mochokidae)
Chiloglanis polypogon (Mochokidae)
Chiloglanis sanagaensis (Mochokidae)
Synodontis marmoratus (Mochokidae) Largemouth Squeaker
Synodontis pardalis (Mochokidae)
Synodontis rebeli OC (Mochokidae) Cameroon Synodontis
Synodontis steindachneri (Mochokidae)
Synodontis tessmanni OC (Mochokidae)
Brienomyrus adustus (Mormyridae)
Campylomormyrus phantasticus (Mormyridae)
Hippopotamyrus batesii OC (Mormyridae)
Marcusenius ntemensis (Mormyridae)
Marcusenius sanagaensis (Mormyridae)
Mormyrops batesianus (Mormyridae)
Mormyrus felixi (Mormyridae)
Procatopus nototaenia OC (Poeciliidae) Large-finned Lampeye
Schilbe djeremi OC (Schilbeidae)
Schilbe nyongensis (Schilbeidae)
Dagetichthys lakdoensis OC (Soleidae)Additional endemic freshwater fish species that were not included in FishBase 2004 are 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 134 endemic freshwater fish species listed above, these additional 17 species total 151 species of freshwater fishes known solely from Cameroon.
Amphilius korupi (Amphiliidae) 2007
Doumea gracila (Amphiliidae) 2007
Doumea sanaga (Amphiliidae) 2007
Barbus versluysii (Cyprinidae)
Nannocharax reidi (Distichodontidae) 2004
Aphyosemion lividum (Nothobranchiidae) 2007
Chromaphyosemion koungueense (Nothobranchiidae) 2007
Chromaphyosemion melanogaster (Nothobranchiidae) 2005
Chromaphyosemion melinoeides (Nothobranchiidae) 2007
Chromaphyosemion omega (Nothobranchiidae) 2007
Chromaphyosemion punctulatum (Nothobranchiidae) 2005
Fundulopanchax gresensi (Nothobranchiidae) 2003
Fundulopanchax intermittens (Nothobranchiidae)
Fundulopanchax kamdemi (Nothobranchiidae) 2007
Fundulopanchax moensis (Nothobranchiidae)
Fundulopanchax traudeae (Nothobranchiidae)
Polypterus teugelsi (Polypteridae) 2004