Kenya - List of fishes

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Alcolapia alcalica

Cichlidae

10 cm

living as a couple

carnivorous

marbled eel

Anguilla marmorata

70 cm

solitary

carnivorous

bubu

Auchenoglanis occidentalis

65 cm

solitary

omnivorous

redfin robber

Brycinus affinis

13 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

north African catfish

Clarias gariepinus

90 cm

solitary

carnivorous

It has a body allowing it to breathe oxygen from the air and is able to survive in the mud. With its pectoral fins, sturdy and with large thorns, it may leave the water at night in search of prey or of a nesting site. It is used intensively in pisciculture under the name "Claresse". In some countries, it is an invasive species.

Haplochromis nubilus

Cichlidae

9 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

jungle perch

Kuhlia rupestris

25 cm

gregarious

carnivorous

west african lungfish

Protopterus annectens

80 cm

solitary

carnivorous

It has special organs that allow it to breathe out of the water. In the dry season it silts up, gets surrounded by a cocoon made of mucus and reduces its biological activity to a minimum. It can remain in the state for more than a year. It belongs to the same class as the terrestrial vertebrates.

Pseudocrenilabrus victoriae

Cichlidae

9 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

freshwater puffer fish

Tetraodon lineatus

40 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Kenya - List of fishes

Alcolapia alcalica

marbled eel

bubu

redfin robber

north African catfish

Haplochromis nubilus

jungle perch

west african lungfish

Pseudocrenilabrus victoriae

freshwater puffer fish

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