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