Kenya
Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species
This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in Kenya 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)
Nothobranchius bojiensis (Aplocheilidae) Boji Plains Nothobranch
Nothobranchius elongatus (Aplocheilidae) Elongate Nothobranch
Nothobranchius interruptus (Aplocheilidae) Kikambala Nothobranch
Nothobranchius willerti (Aplocheilidae) Mnanzini Nothobranch
Barbus amboseli OC (Cyprinidae)
Barbus loveridgii (Cyprinidae) Loveridge's Barb
Barbus mariae (Cyprinidae) Rhinofish
Barbus mimus OC (Cyprinidae) Ewaso Nyiro Barb
Barbus yongei OC (Cyprinidae) Nzoia Barb
Labeo trigliceps (Cyprinidae) Nairobi Labeo
Chiloglanis brevibarbis OC (Mochokidae) Short Barbelled Suckermouth
Synodontis manni (Mochokidae) Feather-barbelled Squeaker
Synodontis serpentis (Mochokidae) Tana Squeaker
Synodontis zanzibaricus OC (Mochokidae) Eastcoast Squeaker
Mormyrus bernhardi (Mormyridae) Bernhard's Elephant-snout Fish
Mormyrus tenuirostris (Mormyridae) Athi Elephant-snout Fish
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 16 endemic freshwater fish species listed above, these additional 7 species total 23 species of freshwater fishes known solely from Kenya.
Brycinus ferox (Alestidae) Large-toothed Lake Turkana Robber
Brycinus minutus (Alestidae) Dwarf Lake Turkana Robber
Hemichromis exsul (Cichlidae) Turkana Jewel Cichlid
Chrysichthys turkana (Claroteidae) 2008
Barbus turkanae (Cyprinidae) Lake Turkana Barb
Marcusenius devosi (Mormyridae) 2007
Mormyrus hildebrandti (Mormyridae) Hildebrandt's Elephant-snout Fish