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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

Afrikansk tigerfisk

Hydrocynus vittatus

Afrikansk tigerfisk (Hydrocynus vittatus) er en hurtig, rovdyraktig afrikansk characin kjent for eksplosive angrep og kraftfulle løp. Den lever i store elver og flomslette-innsjøer over store deler av det sørlige og sentrale Afrika.

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Barramundi held near tropical water
BrackishLocal priority

Barramundi

Lates calcarifer

Barramundi er en sterk tropisk rovfisk som ofte finnes i egnede vann og strukturrike områder for arten. Guiden oppsummerer kjennetegn, leveområde og fisketips.

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Common carp swimming near the bottom
FreshwaterLocal priority

Karpe

Cyprinus carpio

Karpe er en vanlig fiskeart som ofte finnes i egnede vann og strukturrike områder for arten. Guiden oppsummerer kjennetegn, leveområde og fisketips.

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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 – aba, aba aba eller frankfisk – er en elektrisk fisk som lever på bunn i elver og innsjøer. Den er eneste art i slekten Gymnarchus og familien Gymnarchidae, innenfor ordenen Osteoglossiformes. Den er en lang og slank fisk uten buk- eller analfinner, med en halefinne som ligner en rattens hale. Den svømmer med sin forlengede ryggfìn, noe som lar den holde kroppen...

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Saltwater

Abbott's murene

Gymnothorax eurostus

Abbott's murene er en rev-assosiert murene kjent fra tropiske indo-pasifiske farvann, men artsspesifikk naturhistorie er ikke like godt dokumentert som for vanligere revfisk. Den gjemmer seg i sprekker om dagen og kommer fram om natten for å jakte på fisk og krepsdyr.

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Abdurahmanov's pugolovka reference image
Freshwater

Abdurahmanov's pugolovka

Benthophilus abdurahmanovi

Abdurahmanov's pugolovka er et brakkvannsfisk fra familien Gobiidae. Den finnes i det nordlige Kaspihavet og nedre deler av elvene Volga og Terek. FishBase behandler denne taxa som en underart av Azov tadpole goby, og rapporteres som Benthophilus magistri abdurahmanovi.

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Abe's Angelfish reference image
Freshwater

Abe's Angelfish

Centropyge abei

Centropyge abei er en art av marine finfisker, en liten havengelharpiks som tilhører familien Pomacanthidae. Den finnes i det vestlige Stillehavet.

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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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