Somalia Endemic Freshwater Fish Checklist

Somalia

Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species

This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in Somalia 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 fasciatus (Aplocheilidae) Barred Nothobranch

Arius brunellii (Ariidae)

Bagrus urostigma (Bagridae) Somalia Catfish

Clarotes bidorsalis OC (Bagridae)

Uegitglanis zammaranoi (Clariidae)

Barbopsis devecchii (Cyprinidae) Somalian Blind Barb

Barbus gananensis OC (Cyprinidae)

Labeo boulengeri OC (Cyprinidae)

Labeo carnigliae (Cyprinidae)

Phreatichthys andruzzii (Cyprinidae) Somalian Cavefish

Gobius scorteccii (Gobiidae)

Mormyrus casalis (Mormyridae)