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Pantodon buchholzi. W. K. H. Peters, 1877. The freshwater butterflyfish or African butterflyfish (Pantodon buchholzi) is a species of osteoglossiform fish native to freshwater habitats in the Niger and Congo basins of western and central Africa. It is the only extant species in the family Pantodontidae. It is not closely related to saltwater ...
Anomalochromis. Anomalochromis is a genus of fish in the family Cichlidae, containing the single species Anomalochromis thomasi, the African butterfly cichlid. [2] It is a small cichlid growing to a length of 6–8 centimetres (2.4–3.1 in). The natural habitat of A. thomasi is Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, mainly in smaller streams.
The electric yellow cichlid is a popular freshwater aquarium fish. It is a naturally occurring variant of Labidochromis caeruleus endemic to the central western coastal region of Nkhata Bay in Lake Malawi in East Africa. It is the most popular African cichlid amongst aquarium hobbyists. [ 1] These fish are mouthbrooders; the female lays her ...
Petrocephalinae. The Mormyridae, sometimes called "elephantfish" (more properly freshwater elephantfish), are a superfamily of weakly electric fish in the order Osteoglossiformes native to Africa. [1] It is by far the largest family in the order, with around 200 species. Members of the family can be popular, if challenging, aquarium species.
This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total. Catfish of Africa (112 P) Protopteridae (6 P) Cichlid fish of Africa (4 C, 110 P) Eretmodini (3 C, 3 P) Hemichromini (1 C, 3 P) Cyprinid fish of Africa (1 C, 137 P)
The fish in the Anabantoidei suborder are known as anabantoids or labyrinth fish, or colloquially as gouramies (which more precisely refers to the family Osphronemidae). Some labyrinth fish are important food fish, and many others, such as the Siamese fighting fish and paradise fish , are popular as aquarium fish.
Fish portal. Bichirs / ˈbɪʃɪərz / and the reedfish comprise Polypteridae / pɒlɪpˈtɛrɪdiː /, a family of archaic ray-finned fishes and the only family in the order Polypteriformes / pəˈlɪptərɪfɔːrmiːz /. [2] All the species occur in freshwater habitats in tropical Africa and the Nile River system, mainly swampy, shallow ...
Hydrocynus lineatus (Schlegel, 1863) Hydrocynus vittatus, the African tigerfish, tiervis or ngwesh[3] is a predatory freshwater fish distributed throughout much of Africa. This fish is generally a piscivore but it has been observed leaping out of the water and catching barn swallows in flight. [4][5]