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List of Freshwater Fishes reported from Rwanda
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Table 1: 73 species currently present in the country/island (endemic, native, introduced, reintroduced);
Table 2: 0 species possibly present in the country/island (stray, questionable);
Table 3: 7 species demonstrated to be absent in the country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: 80 species reported from the country/island altogether.
Table 1: 73 species currently present in the country/island.
     
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Order Family Species Occurrence FishBase name Name in Country
Cypriniformes Cyprinidae Labeobarbus platystomusendemic Rwandese carp Inshurezi 
Cypriniformes Cyprinidae Labeobarbus ruandaenative  Rwandese carp 
Cypriniformes Cyprinidae Labeobarbus ruasaeendemic  Rwasa barb 
Cypriniformes Cyprinidae Labeobarbus somereninative  Someren's barb 
Cyprinodontiformes Procatopodidae Lacustricola centralisnative Cental east african lampeye Cental east african lampeye 
Cyprinodontiformes Procatopodidae Lacustricola pumilusnative Tanganyika lampeye  
Clupeiformes Dorosomatidae Limnothrissa miodonintroduced Lake Tanganyika sardine Agahuza 
Osteoglossiformes Mormyridae Marcusenius victoriaenative Victoria stonebasher Imbaraga 
Synbranchiformes Mastacembelidae Mastacembelus frenatusnative Longtail spiny eel Umukungwe 
Osteoglossiformes Mormyridae Mormyrus kannumenative Elephant-snout fish Kasurabana 
Cichliformes Cichlidae Oreochromis leucostictusintroduced Blue spotted tilapia Icyimanye cy'inyarufunzo n'inyamugera 
Cichliformes Cichlidae Oreochromis macrochirintroduced Longfin tilapia Igihwati 
Cichliformes Cichlidae Oreochromis mweruensisintroduced  Mweru tilapia 
Cichliformes Cichlidae Oreochromis niloticusnative Nile tilapia Igihonda 
Osteoglossiformes Mormyridae Petrocephalus catostomanative Churchill Imbaraga 
Osteoglossiformes Mormyridae Pollimyrus nigricansnative Dark stonebasher Imbaraga 
Ceratodontiformes Protopteridae Protopterus aethiopicusintroduced Marbled lungfish Mamba 
Cichliformes Cichlidae Pseudocrenilabrus multicolornative Egyptian mouth-brooder Ifuro 
Cypriniformes Danionidae Raiamas mooriinative Lake Rukwa minnow Umukenya 
Siluriformes Schilbeidae Schilbe intermediusnative Silver catfish Injera 
Cichliformes Cichlidae Shuja horeinative  Hore's haplo 
Siluriformes Mochokidae Synodontis afrofischerinative Fischer's Victoria squeaker Inkoronko 
Siluriformes Mochokidae Synodontis ruandaenative  Rwanda ruandae 
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