The following table is a summary of the common species of fish found in the Limpopo River basin.
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Common Name |
Species |
Present in
main stem Limpopo |
Introduced Species |
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Loach Catfishes (Family Amphiliidae) |
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Stargazer mountain catfish |
Amphilius uranoscopus |
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Natal mountain catfish |
A. natalensis |
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Freshwater Eels (Family Anguillidae) |
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Longfin eel |
Anguilla mossambica |
♦
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Shortfin eel |
A. bicolor bicolor |
♦
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Madagascar mottled eel |
A. marmorata |
♦
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Africa mottled eel |
A. bengalensis labiata |
♦
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Egg-laying Toothcarps (Family Aplocheilidae) |
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Turquoise killifish |
Nothobranchius furzeri |
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Spotted killifish |
N. orthonotus |
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Rainbow killifish |
N. rachovii |
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Catfish (Family Austroglanididae) |
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Rock catfish |
Austroglanis sclateri |
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♦
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Sunfishes (Family Centrarchidae) |
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Bluegill sunfish |
Lepomis macrochirus |
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♦
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Largemouth bass |
Micropterus salmoides |
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♦
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Smallmouth bass |
M. dolomieu |
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♦
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Characins (Family Characidae) |
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Imberi |
Brycinus imberi |
♦
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Silver robber |
Micralestes acutidens |
♦
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Tigerfish |
Hydrocynus vittatus |
♦
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Cichlids (Family Cichlidae) |
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Southern mouthbrooder |
Pseudocrenilabrus philander |
♦
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Canary kurper |
Chetia flaviventris |
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Orange-fringed largemouth |
C. brevis |
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Lowveld largemouth |
Serranochromis meridianus |
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Nemwe |
S. robustus jallae |
♦
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♦
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Brownspot largemouth |
S. thumbergi |
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♦
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Banded tilapia |
Tilapia sparrmanii |
♦
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Redbreast tilapia |
T. rendalli |
♦
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Mozambique tilapia |
Oreochromis mossambicus |
♦
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Greenhead tilapia |
O. macrochir |
♦
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♦
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Nile tilapia |
O. niloticus |
♦
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♦
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Zambezi happy |
Pharyngochromis acuticeps |
♦
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♦
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Labyrinth Catfishes (Family Clariidae) |
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Sharptooth catfish |
Clarias gariepinus |
♦
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Blunttooth catfish |
C. ngamensis |
♦
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Snake catfish |
C. theodorae |
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Carps and Minnows (Family Cyprinidae) |
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Hamilton's barb |
Barbus afronamiltoni |
♦
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Smallmouth yellowfish |
Barbus aeneus |
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♦
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Broadstriped barb |
B. annectens |
♦
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Chubbyhead barb |
B. anoplus |
♦
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Hyphen barb |
B. bifrenatus |
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Shortfin barb |
B. brevipinnis |
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Orangefin barb |
B. euteania |
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Line-spotted barb |
B. lineomaculatus |
♦
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Largescale yellowfish |
B. marequensis |
♦
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Papermouth |
B. mattozi |
♦
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Marico barb |
B. motebensis |
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Sidespot barb |
B. neefi |
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Goldie barb |
B. pallidus |
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Straightfin barb |
B. paludinosus |
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Smallscale yellowfish |
B. polylepis |
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Beira barb |
B. radiatus |
♦
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East coast barb |
B. toppini |
♦
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Treur River barb |
B. treurensis |
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Threespot barb |
B. trimaculatus |
♦
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Longbeard barb |
B. unitaeniatus |
♦
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Bowstripe barb |
B. viviparus |
♦
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Common carp |
Cyprinus carpio |
♦
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♦
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Silver carp |
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix |
♦
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♦
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Purple labeo |
Labeo congoro |
♦
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Redeye labeo |
L. cylindricus |
♦
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Leaden labeo |
L. molybdinus |
♦
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Rednose labeo |
L. rosae |
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Silver labeo |
L. ruddi |
♦
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Moggel |
Labeo umbratus |
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♦
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River sardine |
Mesobola brevianalis |
♦
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Barred minnow |
Opsaridium peringueyi |
♦
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Shortsnout chiselmouth |
Varicorhinus nasutus |
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Killifishes (Family Cyprinodontidae) |
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Johnston's topminnow |
Aplocheilichthys johnstoni |
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Striped topminnow |
A. katangae |
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Gobies (Family Gobiidae) |
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Freshwater goby |
Awaous aeneofuscus |
♦
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River goby |
Glossogobius callidus |
♦
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Tank goby |
G. giuris |
♦
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Checked goby |
Redigobius dewaali |
♦
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Tarpon (Family Megalopodidae) |
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Oxeye tarpon |
Megalops cyprinoides |
♦
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Upside-down Catfishes (Family Mochokidae) |
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Sawfin suckermouth |
Chiloglanis paratus |
♦
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Shortspine suckermouth |
C. pretoriae |
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Lowveld suckermouth |
C. swierstrae |
♦
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Brown squeaker |
Synodontis zambesensis |
♦
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Elephant Fishes (Family Mormyridae) |
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Bulldog |
Marcusenius macrolepidotus |
♦
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Churchill |
Petrocephalus catostoma |
♦
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Eurasian Perch (Family Perchidae) |
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Perch |
Perca fluviatilis |
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♦
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Livebearing Toothcarps (Family Poeciliidae) |
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Mosquitofish |
Gambusia affinis |
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♦
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Swordtail |
Xiphophorus helleri |
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♦
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African Lungfishes (Family Protopteridae) |
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Lungfish |
Protopterus annectens brieni |
♦
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Salmonids (Family Salmonidae)
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Brown trout |
Salmo trutta |
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♦
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Rainbow trout |
Oncorhynchus mykiss |
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♦
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Glass Catfishes (Family Schilbeidae) |
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Silver catfish |
Schilbe intermedius |
♦
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