Côte d'Ivoire

Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species

This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in Côte d'Ivoire 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)

Brycinus derhami (Alestiidae)

Brycinus nigricauda (Alestiidae)

Micralestes eburneensis (Alestiidae)

Epiplatys etzeli (Aplocheilidae)

Limbochromis cavalliensis (Cichlidae)

Clarias lamottei (Clariidae)

Barbus traorei (Cyprinidae)

Malapterurus cavalliensis OC (Malapteruridae)

Chiloglanis normani (Mochokidae)

Synodontis comoensis (Mochokidae)

Synodontis koensis OC (Mochokidae) Ko River Synodontis

Synodontis punctifer (Mochokidae) Ashgray Synodontis

Aplocheilichthys terofali (Poeciliidae)


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 13 endemic freshwater fish species listed above, the additional species listed below gives a total of 14 species of freshwater fishes known solely from Côte d'Ivoire.


Malapterurus thysi (Malapteruridae) 2002