République du Congo - List of fishes

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Alestopetersius brichardi

Alestidae

9 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

lyretail panchax

Aphyosemion australe

5 cm

living as a couple or alone

carnivorous

red-spotted killi

Aphyosemion cognatum

4 cm

living as a couple or alone

carnivorous

Aphyosemion ogoense

Nothobranchiidae

4 cm

living as a couple or alone

carnivorous

bubu

Auchenoglanis occidentalis

65 cm

solitary

omnivorous

african moon tetra

Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus

7 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous

african long-finned tetra

Bryconalestes longipinnis

10 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

It sometimes lives in brackish water. It easily accommodates to life in aquariums, but unfortunately its captive breeding is still impossible.

Clarias angolensis

Clariidae

30 cm

solitary

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Congochromis dimidiatus

Cichlidae

6 cm

living as a couple or in a group

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Congochromis sabinae

Cichlidae

5 cm

living as a couple or in a group

carnivorous

silver distichodus

Distichodus affinis

15 cm

living in shoals

herbivorous and omnivorous with herbivorous tendency

longsnout distichodus

Distichodus lusosso

30 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous with herbivorous tendency

sixbar distichodus

Distichodus sexfasciatus

50 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous with herbivorous tendency

It black stripes fade over time. Its reproduction has never been observed in captivity, but accelerated growth experiments were carried out in pisciculture.

jae barb

Enteromius jae

3 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

elephantnose fish

Gnathonemus petersii

28 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

It owes its name to the small "horn" located on its lower jaw. The latter has a strategic role, but also a taste role. It captures changes in the electric field to perceive its environment. It also emits electrical discharges that rarely exceed one volt.

orange ctenopoma

Microctenopoma ansorgii

7 cm

living as a couple or in a group

omnivorous

Phenacogrammus aurantiacus

Alestidae

5 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Rubricatochromis lifalili

Cichlidae

10 cm

living as a couple or in a group

carnivorous

Tylochromis cf. lateralis "Djoue"

Cichlidae

25 cm

living in colonies

carnivorous

african knifefish

Xenomystus nigri

20 cm

solitary

carnivorous

It has no dorsal fin, it swims by waving it long anal fin. It is smaller than other species of knife fish. It lives in the night. It acclimatizes very well in the aquarium and can live there very long.

République du Congo - List of fishes

Alestopetersius brichardi

lyretail panchax

red-spotted killi

Aphyosemion ogoense

bubu

african moon tetra

african long-finned tetra

Clarias angolensis

Congochromis dimidiatus

Congochromis sabinae

silver distichodus

longsnout distichodus

sixbar distichodus

jae barb

elephantnose fish

orange ctenopoma

Phenacogrammus aurantiacus

Rubricatochromis lifalili

Tylochromis cf. lateralis "Djoue"

african knifefish

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