Ethiopia
Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species
This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in Ethiopia 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)
Amphilius lampei OC (Amphiliidae)
Nemacheilus abyssinicus (Balitoridae) Ethiopian Loach
Danakilia franchettii (Cichlidae)
Barbus acutirostris (Cyprinidae)
Barbus arambourgi (Cyprinidae)
Barbus brevicephalus (Cyprinidae)
Barbus crassibarbis (Cyprinidae)
Barbus dainellii (Cyprinidae)
Barbus ethiopicus (Cyprinidae)
Barbus gorgorensis (Cyprinidae)
Barbus gorguari (Cyprinidae)
Barbus humilis (Cyprinidae)
Barbus longissimus (Cyprinidae)
Barbus macrophtalmus (Cyprinidae)
Barbus megastoma (Cyprinidae)
Barbus microterolepis (Cyprinidae)
Barbus nedgia (Cyprinidae)
Barbus osseensis (Cyprinidae)
Barbus platydorsus (Cyprinidae)
Barbus pleurogramma (Cyprinidae)
Barbus surkis (Cyprinidae)
Barbus tanapelagius (Cyprinidae)
Barbus truttiformis (Cyprinidae)
Barbus tsanensis (Cyprinidae)
Garra ignestii (Cyprinidae)
Garra makiensis (Cyprinidae)
Garra quadrimaculata OC (Cyprinidae)
Labeo brunellii (Cyprinidae)
Varicorhinus beso (Cyprinidae)
Lebias stiassnyae (Cyprinodontidae) Lake Afdera Killifish
Chiloglanis modjensis (Mochokidae)
Marcusenius annamariae (Mormyridae)
Mormyrops citernii (Mormyridae)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 33 endemic freshwater fish species listed above, these additional 7 species total 40 species of freshwater fishes known solely from Ethiopia.
Garra aethiopica (Cyprinidae)
Garra duobarbis (Cyprinidae) 2007
Garra geba (Cyprinidae) 2007
Garra regressus (Cyprinidae) 2007
Garra tana (Cyprinidae) 2007
Varicorhinus jubae (Cyprinidae)
Nannaethiops bleheri (Distichodontidae) 2003