FISH OF THE KAFUE RIVER
English Name | Scientific Name | African Name |
Bottlenose | Mormyrus lacera | Ndikusi |
Bull-dog | Gnathonemus macrolepidotus | Nembele |
Churchill | Petrocephalus catostoma | |
Castelnaus Stone-basher | Marcusenius castelnaui | |
Small-scaled Minnow | Kneria auriculata | |
Pike | Hepsetus odoe | Mulumezi |
Silverfish | Petersuis rhodesiensis | Ncenga |
Silver Robber | Micralestes acutidens | Ncenga |
Stripe tailed Robber | Alestes lateralis | Chitaka |
Multi banded Citharind | Nannocharax multifasciatus | Ncenga |
Banded Citharind | Nannochorax rp, Nov | Ncenga |
Striped mudsucker | Labeo annectens | Linyonga |
Mudsucker | Labeo cylindricus | Linyonga |
Yellowfish | Barbus marequensis | Mpifu |
Spot-tail Barb | Barbus afrovernaya | Ncenga |
Many spotted Barb | Barbus barotseensis | Ncenga |
Thick striped Barb | Barbus eutaenia | Ncenga |
Red banded Barb | Barbus fasciolatus | Ncenga |
Sickle fin Barb | Barbus haasianus | Ncenga |
Plain Barb | Barbus labialis | Ncenga |
Spotted Barb | Barbus lineomaculatus | Ncenga |
Multi striped Barb | Barbus multilineatus | Ncenga |
Serrated spine spot Barb | Barbus paludinosus | Ncenga |
Smooth spine spot Barb | Barbus poechi | Ncenga |
Dot tailed Barb | Barbus puellus | Ncenga |
Thin striped Barb | Barbus tangandensis | Ncenga |
Twin striped Barb | Barbus viviparus | Ncenga |
Red eyed Barb | Barbus aurantiacus | Ncenga |
Square jawed Barb | Coptosto mabarbus wittei | Ncenga |
Silver Barbel | Schilbe mystus | Lubange |
Sharp toothed Barbel | Clarias mossambicus | Mbuli |
Blunt toothed Barbel | Clarias mellandi | Mbutwami |
Snake Barbel | Clarias theodorae | Milonge |
Blotched Barbel | Clarias stappersii | Chineke |
Suckermouth Catlet | Chilonglanis neumanni | |
Squeaker | Synodontis macrostigma | Sinonge |
Spotted Catlet | Leptoglanis rotundiceps | |
Zambia Top Minnow | Nothobranchius taeniopygus | |
Common Top Minnow | Aplocheilichthys johnstoni | Ncenga |
Striped Top Minnow | Apolocheilchthys katangae | Ncenga |
Green headed Bream | Tilapia macrochir | Mu |
Three-spot Bream | Tilapia andersonii | Njinji |
Red-breasted Bream | Tilapia melanopleura | Mbufu |
Banded Bream | Tilapia sparrmanii | Situu |
Thin-faced Bream | Serranochromis angusticeps | Mushuna |
Purple-faced Bream | Serranochromis macrocephala | Mjenga |
Yellow-belly Bream | Serranochromis robustus | Nembwe |
Brown-spot Bream | Serranochromis thumbergi | Mununge |
Green Bream | Sargachromis codringtoni | Seo |
Pink Bream | Pelmatochromis robustus | Seo |
Charlottes Bream | Haplochromis carlottae | Mbuma |
Frederics Bream | Haplochromis frederici | Mbilia |
Dwarf Bream | Haplochromis philander | Nfindu |
Climbing Fish | Ctenopoma multispinis | Nkomo |
Spiny Eel | Mastacemblalus mellandi | Mutome |