Uganda
Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species
This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in Uganda 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)
Haplochromis aelocephalus (Cichlidae)
Haplochromis aeneocolor (Cichlidae) Papyrus Mouthbrooder
Haplochromis angustifrons (Cichlidae)
Haplochromis annectidens (Cichlidae)
Haplochromis artaxerxes (Cichlidae)
Haplochromis beadlei (Cichlidae)
Haplochromis dolorosus (Cichlidae)
Haplochromis eduardii OC (Cichlidae)
Haplochromis elegans OC (Cichlidae)
Haplochromis engystoma OC (Cichlidae)
Haplochromis latifasciatus (Cichlidae)
Haplochromis macropsoides (Cichlidae)
Haplochromis niloticus OC (Cichlidae)
Haplochromis oregosoma (Cichlidae)
Haplochromis orthostoma (Cichlidae) Uganda Largemouth Cichlid
Haplochromis petronius (Cichlidae)
Haplochromis schubotziellus (Cichlidae)
Haplochromis simpsoni (Cichlidae)
Haplochromis velifer (Cichlidae)
Haplochromis venator (Cichlidae)
Haplochromis worthingtoni (Cichlidae)
Neochromis simotes (Cichlidae)
Schubotzia eduardiana (Cichlidae)
Barbus alluaudi OC (Cyprinidae)
Synodontis macrops (Mochokidae) Large-eyed Synodontis
Mormyrus macrocephalus OC (Mormyridae)
Aplocheilichthys vanderbilti (Poeciliidae)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 27 endemic freshwater fish species listed above, these additional 7 species total 34 species of freshwater fishes known solely from Uganda.
Haplochromis akika (Cichlidae) 2003
Haplochromis ampullarostratus (Cichlidae) 2004
Haplochromis commutabilis (Cichlidae) Kachira Blue 2004
Haplochromis exspectatus (Cichlidae) 2004
Haplochromis oligolepis (Cichlidae) 2003
Haplochromis paradoxus (Cichlidae) 2003
Pyxichromis paradoxus (Cichlidae) 2003