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Fish guide prioritized for Africa.

Browse published fish with real images, identification points, water type, and cautious local context. Region changes the order, not the search scope.

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Tilapia, catfish, carp, Nile perch relatives, tigerfish, and coastal reef targets are prioritized.

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African Tigerfish reference image
FreshwaterLocal priority

Tigerfish africain

Hydrocynus vittatus

Le tigerfish africain (Hydrocynus vittatus) est un characin africain rapide et prédateur, connu pour ses attaques explosives et ses courses puissantes. Il habite les grandes rivières et les lacs de plaines inondables de la majeure partie de l'Afrique australe et centrale.

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Barramundi held near tropical water
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Barramundi

Lates calcarifer

Barramundi est un puissant prédateur tropical que l'on rencontre souvent dans les eaux adaptées et les zones structurées de cette espèce. Cette fiche résume l'identification, l'habitat et les conseils de pêche.

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Common carp swimming near the bottom
FreshwaterLocal priority

Carpe commune

Cyprinus carpio

Carpe commune est une espèce de poisson courante que l'on rencontre souvent dans les eaux adaptées et les zones structurées de cette espèce. Cette fiche résume l'identification, l'habitat et les conseils de pêche.

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Nile Perch reference image
FreshwaterLocal priority

Nile Perch

Lates niloticus

Large predatory freshwater fish native to African rivers and lakes, including the Nile basin and Lake Victoria. It is a powerful ambush hunter and one of Africa’s most important commercial and recreational species.

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Vundu Catfish reference image
FreshwaterLocal priority

Vundu Catfish

Heterobranchus longifilis

Vundu Catfish (Heterobranchus longifilis) is a large African air-breathing catfish that inhabits big rivers, floodplains, lakes, and swamps. It is a nocturnal predator and scavenger that can reach very large sizes, making it a prized trophy fish where it occurs.

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Aba reference image
Freshwater

Aba

Gymnarchus niloticus

Gymnarchus niloticus – l'aba, aba aba ou poisson électrique – est un poisson électrique vivant au fond des rivières et lacs. Seul représentant du genre Gymnarchus et de la famille Gymnarchidae dans l'ordre des Ostéoglossiformes. Corps allongé sans nageoires pelviennes ni anale, queue ratiforme. Nage avec sa nageoire dorsale allongée.

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Saltwater

Murène d'Abbott

Gymnothorax eurostus

La murène d'Abbott est une murène associée aux récifs connue dans les eaux tropicales indo-pacifiques, mais son histoire naturelle au niveau de l'espèce est moins documentée que celle des poissons récifaux plus communs. Elle se cache dans les anfractuosités le jour et émerge la nuit pour chasser poissons et crustacés.

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Abdurahmanov's pugolovka reference image
Freshwater

Abdurahmanov's pugolovka

Benthophilus abdurahmanovi

Abdurahmanov's pugolovka is a brackishwater fish of family Gobiidae. It is found in the northern Caspian Sea and the lower reaches of the rivers Volga and Terek. FishBase treats this taxa as a subspecies of the Azov tadpole goby, and is reported as Benthophilus magistri abdurahmanovi.

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Abe's Angelfish reference image
Freshwater

Poisson-ange d'Abe

Centropyge abei

Centropyge abei est une espèce de poisson marin à nageoires rayonnées, un petit poisson-ange marin appartenant à la famille des Pomacanthidae. On le trouve dans l'océan Pacifique occidental.

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Abrau Sprat reference image
Freshwater

Abrau Sprat

Clupeonella abrau

The Abrau sprat is a species of freshwater fish in the family Clupeidae. It is found landlocked in Russia in a single locality, Lake Abrau, located at 70 m above sea level near the Black Sea coast close to Novorossiysk. The lake is small and has been stocked by several alien species, whence the Abrau sprat is considered critically endangered. As a result of the 2019 expedition, several individu...

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Abudjubbe Wrasse reference image
Freshwater

Abudjubbe Wrasse

Cheilinus abudjubbe

Cheilinus abudjubbe, the Abudjubbe wrasse, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is found in the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. This species was formally described by Eduard Rüppell in 1835, no type locality was given but it is thought to have been Jeddah. This taxon is regarded as a synonym of the tripletail wrasse by some authorities.

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Abyssal halosaur reference image
Freshwater

Abyssal halosaur

Halosauropsis macrochir

The abyssal halosaur is a species of bottom-dwelling, deep-sea fish in the family Halosauridae that is found in all oceans at depths from 1100 to 3500 meters. It is the only member of its genus.

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