There are 175 species of fish in Ethiopia.[1] Forty of these species are endemic, found only in Ethiopia.
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Fish found in Ethiopia:
Alestes baremoze
Alestes dentex
Amphilius lampei
Andersonia leptura
Aphanius dispar dispar
Aplocheilichthys antinorii
Aplocheilichthys jeanneli
Aplocheilichthys rudolfianus
Auchenoglanis biscutatus
Auchenoglanis occidentalis
Awaous aeneofuscus
Bagrus bajad
Bagrus docmak
Bagrus urostigma
Barbus anema
Barbus arambourgi
Barbus bynni bynni
Barbus ethiopicus
Barbus gananensis
Barbus humilis
Barbus kerstenii
Barbus microterolepis
Barbus neglectus
Barbus osseensis
Barbus paludinosus
Barbus perince
Barbus pleurogramma
Barbus pumilus
Barbus stigmatopygus
Barbus tanapelagius
Barbus trispilopleura
Brienomyrus niger
Brycinus affinis
Brycinus macrolepidotus
Brycinus nurse
Carassius auratus auratus
Carassius carassius
Chelaethiops bibie
Chiloglanis modjensis
Chiloglanis niloticus
Chrysichthys auratus
Citharinus citharus citharus
Citharinus latus
Clarias anguillaris
Clarias gariepinus
Cromeria nilotica
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Ctenopoma muriei
Cyprinus carpio carpio
Danakilia franchettii
Distichodus brevipinnis
Distichodus engycephalus
Distichodus niloticus
Distichodus rostratus
Epiplatys spilargyreius
Esox lucius
Gambusia holbrooki
Garra aethiopica
Garra blanfordii
Garra dembecha
Garra dembeensis
Garra duobarbis
Garra ethelwynnae
Garra geba
Garra ignestii
Garra makiensis
Garra quadrimaculata
Garra regressus
Garra tana
Gymnarchus niloticus
Haplochromis macconneli
Haplochromis rudolfianus
Haplochromis turkanae
Hemichromis fasciatus
Hemichromis letourneuxi
Heterobranchus bidorsalis
Heterobranchus longifilis
Heterotis niloticus
Hippopotamyrus pictus
Hydrocynus brevis
Hydrocynus forskahlii
Hydrocynus vittatus
Hyperopisus bebe bebe
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Ichthyborus besse besse
Labeo bottegi
Labeo boulengeri
Labeo brunellii
Labeo coubie
Labeo cylindricus
Labeo forskalii
Labeo horie
Labeo niloticus
Labeo pellegrini
Labeobarbus acutirostris
Labeobarbus brevicephalus
Labeobarbus crassibarbis
Labeobarbus dainellii
Labeobarbus gorgorensis
Labeobarbus gorguari
Labeobarbus intermedius intermedius
Labeobarbus longissimus
Labeobarbus macrophtalmus
Labeobarbus megastoma
Labeobarbus nedgia
Labeobarbus platydorsus
Labeobarbus surkis
Labeobarbus truttiformis
Labeobarbus tsanensis
Lates longispinis
Lates niloticus
Lebias stiassnyae
Leptocypris niloticus
Malapterurus electricus
Malapterurus minjiriya
Marcusenius annamariae
Marcusenius cyprinoides
Micralestes elongatus
Mochokus niloticus
Mormyrops anguilloides
Mormyrus caschive
Mormyrus hasselquistii
Mormyrus kannume
Mormyrus longirostris
Nannaethiops bleheri
Nemacheilus abyssinicus
Neobola bottegoi
Neobola stellae
Neolebias trewavasae
Nothobranchius cyaneus
Nothobranchius jubbi
Nothobranchius microlepis
Nothobranchius patrizii
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Oreochromis niloticus cancellatus
Oreochromis niloticus filoa
Oreochromis niloticus niloticus
Oreochromis niloticus tana
Oreochromis niloticus vulcani
Oreochromis spilurus niger
Oreochromis spilurus spilurus
Parachanna obscura
Petrocephalus bane bane
Petrocephalus bovei bovei
Pollimyrus isidori isidori
Pollimyrus petherici
Polypterus bichir bichir
Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri
Polypterus senegalus senegalus
Protopterus aethiopicus aethiopicus
Raiamas senegalensis
Salmo trutta trutta
Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus
Schilbe intermedius
Schilbe mystus
Schilbe uranoscopus
Siluranodon auritus
Synodontis batensoda
Synodontis caudovittata
Synodontis clarias
Synodontis eupterus
Synodontis filamentosa
Synodontis frontosa
Synodontis geledensis
Synodontis membranacea
Synodontis nigrita
Synodontis punctulatus
Synodontis schall
Synodontis serrata
Synodontis sorex
Tetraodon lineatus
Tilapia rendalli
Tilapia zillii
Varicorhinus beso
Varicorhinus jubae
There have been attempts to introduce species of fish in crater lakes that are isolated from the rivers of Ethiopia, successful at Babogaya just outside Debre Zeyit (Bishoftu) and unsuccessful at Burree Waqa near Meti.[3]
^"Freshwater fish of Ethiopia". Mongabay.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
^"Ethiopia Endemic Freshwater Fish Checklist". 1ntreasures.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
^Unseth, Peter. 2003. Burree Waaqa, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica vol. 1, pp. 649, edited by Siegbert Uhlig. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
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