Zambia
Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species
This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in Zambia 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 cryptobullatus (Amphiliidae)
Nothobranchius kafuensis (Aplocheilidae) Kafue Killifish
Chetia mola (Cichlidae)
Cyprichromis zonatus (Cichlidae)
Julidochromis dickfeldi OC (Cichlidae) Brown Julie
Lamprologus laparogramma (Cichlidae)
Neolamprologus caudopunctatus OC (Cichlidae)
Neolamprologus prochilus (Cichlidae) Slingjaw Lamprologus
Orthochromis luongoensis (Cichlidae)
Perissodus eccentricus OC (Cichlidae)
Tilapia baloni (Cichlidae)
Tilapia jallae (Cichlidae)
Xenotilapia rotundiventralis (Cichlidae)
Neolebias lozii (Citharinidae) Banded Neolebias
Barbus altidorsalis OC (Cyprinidae)
Barbus lornae (Cyprinidae)
Barbus owenae (Cyprinidae)
Coptostomabarbus bellcrossi OC (Cyprinidae)
Kneria paucisquamata OC (Kneriidae)
Chiloglanis macropterus OC (Mochokidae)
Hippopotamyrus smithersi (Mormyridae)Additional endemic freshwater fish species that were described too recently to be 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 21 endemic freshwater fish species listed above, these additional 7 species total 28 species of freshwater fishes known solely from Zambia.
Benthochromis horii (Cichlidae) 2008
Cyprichromis coloratus (Cichlidae) 2006
Neolamprologus cancellatus (Cichlidae) 2005
Chiloglanis productus (Mochokidae) 2006
Synodontis ilebrebis (Mochokidae) 2006
Synodontis lucipinnis (Mochokidae) 2006
Nothobranchius rosenstocki (Nothobranchiidae) 2005