Nembe fish names Roger Blench & Martin Walsh 27 December 2006

Sources: Kaliai 1966; Richard Freeman English and scientific names follow Froese & Pauly 2006 (FishBase), with additional information from Schneider 1990 (FAO).

indí fish in general

abadí-ítuburu mojarra sp. Gerres sp. abáka-ikuli sleeper sp. family Eleotridae. Mispronounced form of abása-ikuli ábaná mudfish or barreto; conger eel Clarias spp.; family Congridae abaraká, mullet sp. family Mugilidae. cf. akúrọ, abaraká-ịdẹgé bụọbakalamọ, gbulu, ịdẹgé, móngịnị abása-ikuli sleeper sp. (‘flat-headed family Eleotridae. Mispronounced as sleeper’) abáka-ikuli. cf. ikúli aba aba, a freshwater fish Gymnarchus niloticus abaládowei a cyprinid fish Leptocypris niloticus variety ábịbịnyanáídeiburufịgha small-mouthed fish; family Mormyridae. lit. 'I have no mouth to elephantfishes eat my husband's food' adi a tilapiine fish sp. family Cichlidae. cf. atán, elekéti, ịtabalá, ọkpọtụba afarụ Madeiran sardinella, when Sardinella maderensis. = ikerere. cf. small búza, gbódo, kigbo, kparakpará agbára snapper in general (‘adult Lutjanus spp. Four common species are snapper’) known: kesi agbará, kéụn agbara, kokoin agbará, séún agbara ágbagúrụ snake-head Parachanna obscura. = mumbeí, okobia akata saddled bichir Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri akúrọ mullet sp. (‘the hard-scaled family Mugilidae. = akúrọ-ịdẹgé. cf. mullet’) abaraká, bụọbakalamọ, gbulu, móngịnị akúrọ-ịdẹgé mullet sp. family Mugilidae. = akúrọ. cf. ịdẹgé alapụ-indí tonguesole spp. family Cynoglossidae. lit. ‘chief of fish’ amgbakúrọ (okoroba) small okoróba fish Tilapia sp. amgbóko mudskipper family Gobiidae, subfamily Oxudercinae. cf. ịtíla anyín catfish spp. African butter catfish, Schilbe mystus; catfish sp., Parailia congica asalasa unidentified fish sp. atán cichlid sp. family Cichlidae. cf. adi, elekéti, ịtabalá, ọkpọtụba azán fish sp. resembling herring balá West African ilisha Ilisha africana. cf. ikpókpo (‘Cameroon sardine or shade’) búza Madeiran sardinella Sardinella maderensis. = gbódo, kigbo. cf. afarụ, ikerere, kparakpará béribéri hammerhead Sphyrna spp. bịbịpẹịghá blackchin guitarfish Rhinobatos cemiculus. cf. ẹgbẹịnbịbịpẹịgha bólia dolphin; dolphinfish family Delphinidae [aquatic mammals, not fish]; Coryphaena sp. boú-ịdẹgẹ, barbel Barbus sp. lit. ‘bush-mullet’. cf. ịdẹgé bou-ídẹgẹ bọkọ largehead hairtail; ribbonfish Trichiurus lepturus; family Trachipteridae búgumína, toadfish family Batrachoididae bugụmína buru-éperi moon fish Citharinus sp. bụọbakalamọ mullet sp. family Mugilidae. cf. abaraká, akúrọ, gbulu, ịdẹgé, móngịnị bụra semutundu (a kind of catfish) Bagrus docmac dowéi a cyprinid fish; ladyfish Leptocypris niloticus; ? Elops sp. dowoi tarpon Megalops atlanticus dọrọ barracuda Sphyraena spp. cf. mindi-ógboro, ogborokílo ébieséni West African lungfish Protopterus annectens ebegu unidentified large catfish sp. order Siluriformes ekué jack; horse mackerel family Carangidae. cf. sọkọ-ekué elekéti cichlid sp. family Cichlidae. cf. adi, atán, ịtabalá, ọkpọtụba elepein Niger hind Cephalopholis nigri enumetandị tailspot ctenopoma; described Ctenopoma kingsleyae. = ọdịa as a freshwater catfish that climbs palm trees to eat the fruits epelépele razorfish Xyrichthys sp. cf. pẹmbụ erému greater soapfish (‘the mother Rypticus saponaceus soapfish’) eweri grass-eater Distichodus rostratus ébẹtórụ unidentified fish sp. ẹbẹlúbẹlụ flatfish, e.g. dab or flounder; order Pleuronectiformes (flatfish); order larger kinds are halibut, Rajiformes turbot; also loosely applied to small rays and skates ẹdégẹrẹ unidentified fish sp. ẹgélẹụ grunt spp. family Haemulidae ẹgụrụba small fry of tilapiine fish family Cichlidae. cf. okoróba ẹgbẹịn spotted eagle ray Aetobatus narinari ẹgbẹịnbịbịpẹịgha white-spotted guitarfish Rhinobatos albomaculatus. cf. bịbịpẹịghá ẹkpẹrúkpẹrụ small fry of mullet family Mugilidae. cf. ịdẹgé, ịyagụ, ózọlólị ẹlẹgẹlé catfish sp. found only in ponds Clarias sp. ẹpétẹ small specimen of ọfọụ, a Citharinus latus. cf. ọfọụ freshwater fish gbengu sea catfish sp. Arius sp. cf. ịsịngí, nẹgú, nẹngú, ọtíọ, sịngí gbódo Madeiran sardinella Sardinella maderensis = búza, kigbo. cf. afarụ, ikerere, kparakpará gbụú croaker family Sciaenidae gbulu, mullet sp. with a rounded head family Mugilidae. cf. abaraká, akúrọ, gbulu-ịdẹgẹ bụọbakalamọ, ịdẹgẹ, móngịnị mullet sp. with a rounded head family Mugilidae. = gbulu. cf. ibelúbelu small fry of fish (in general?) cf. isongu ibubu globe fish Tetraodon lineatus igbékere sleeper sp. (‘hard-scaled family Eleotridae sleeper’) ikerere small fry of Madeiran Sardinella maderensis, = afarụ. cf. búza, sardinella gbódo, kparakpará, kigbo ikolokoló characin sp. order Characiformes. cf. ịságụ, ọkpaịn ikúli sleeper sp. (‘mangrove family Eleotridae. cf. abása-ikuli sleeper’) ikpékere unidentified fish sp. ikpókpo small fry of West African Ilisha africana. cf. balá ilisha indomina nụngala sleeper sp. (‘little sleeper’) family Eleotridae isongu small fry of fish (in general?) cf. ibelúbelu, ịndá-isongu ítuburú flagfin mojarra Eucinostomus melanopterus ịdẹgé mullet in general family Mugilidae. cf. abaraká, abaraká- ịdẹgé, akúrọ, akúrọ-ịdẹgé, boú-ịdẹgẹ bụọbakalamọ, ẹkpẹrúkpẹrụ, gbulu, gbulu-ịdẹgẹ, móngịnị, ózọlólị ịdẹgé-ịyagụ small fry of mullet family Mugilidae. cf. ịyagụ ịkụtúkụtụ small specimen of horse family Carangidae. cf. mọrọn, pélia mackerel ịndá royal threadfin (‘young shiny Pentanemus quinquarius nose’; ‘adult shiny nose’) ịndábara giant African threadfin Polydactilis quadrifilis ịndábutu, lesser African threadfin Galeoides decadactylus ịndá ebutu (‘golden threadfish or shiny nose’) ịndá-isongu, European anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus. cf. isongu ịnda-ísongu ịndányingi threadfin sp. family Polynemidae ịságụ characin sp. order Characiformes. cf. ikolokoló, ọkpaịn ịsịngí large kind of ọtíọ, a sea Arius sp. = sịngí. cf. gbengu, nẹgú, nẹngú catfish (‘real grown catfish’; ‘second-stage catfish’; ‘young type catfish’) ịtabalá blackchin tilapia; spotted Sarotheradon melanotheron melanotheron; tilapia; redbelly tilapia; and Tilapia mariae; Tilapia zillii; and other other cichlid or tilapiine fish family Cichlidae. cf. adi, atán, elekéti, sp. (‘river tilapia’) ọkpọtụba ịtíla mudskipper Periophthalmus spp. cf. amgbóko ịtụfụrú snapper sp. which feeds on Lutjanus sp. crabs ịyagụ small fry of fish, esp. mullet e.g. family Mugilidae. cf. ịdẹgé-ịyagụ kabí tiger fish (‘king of fish’) Hydrocynus vittatus kala erému soapfish sp. (‘small soapfish’) ? Rypticus subbifrenatus. cf. erému kesi agbará snapper sp. Lutjanus sp. cf. agbára kéụn, African red snapper Lutjanus agennes. cf. agbára kéụn agbara kigbo Madeiran sardinella Sardinella maderensis = búza, gbódo. cf. afarụ, ikerere, kparakpará kingirímangígha largest type of ray order Rajiformes kịna Nile perch Lates niloticus kókoin snapper sp. Lutjanus sp. kokoin agbará snapper sp. Lutjanus sp. cf. agbára kúgain unidentified fish sp. (‘he-goat ? family Mullidae fish’) kúgala spadefish Chaetodipterus spp. kpapúpẹle unidentified sea fish sp. kparakpará Madeiran sardinella, at a Sardinella maderensis. cf. afarụ, búza, certain stage of development gbódo, ikerere, kigbo mindí-agbọpẹlẹbó, sea horse Hippocampus spp. mindí-agbọpẹlẹbọ mindí-apụn unidentified fish sp. resembling roundworm mindi-élẹgẹlẹ large catfish sp. found in order Siluriformes streams mindi-óbolịa snake eel sp. (‘striped snake family Ophichthidae; family Muraenidae. eel’); moray eel (‘moray or cf. ongorí painted eel’) mindi-ófoni flyingfish; butterfly ray family Exocoetidae; Gymnura spp. mindi-ógboro barracuda Sphyraena spp. cf. dọrọ, ogborokílo mọrọn horse mackerel family Carangidae. cf. ịkụtúkụtụ, pélia móngị dolphinfish; West African Coryphaena sp.; Elops lacerta ladyfish móngịnị mullet sp. (‘the soft-scaled family Mugilidae. cf. abaraká, akúrọ, mullet’) bụọbakalamọ, gbulu, ịdẹgé, tunwan mumbeí snake-head Parachanna obscura. = ágbagúrụ, okobia nẹgú sea catfish sp. (‘the smallest Arius sp. cf. gbengu, ịsịngí, nẹngú, ọtíọ, sea catfish’) sịngí nẹngú sea catfish sp. (‘the real sea Arius sp. cf. gbengu, ịsịngí, nẹgú, catfish’; ‘long-snouted sea ọtíọ, sịngí catfish’; ‘rigid sea catfish’) ofo African moony; angelfish Monodactylus sebae; family Pomacanthidae ogúnuwarị snapper sp. Lutjanus sp. cf. agbára ogbolo heterotis Heterotis niloticus ogborokílo barracuda Sphyraena spp. cf. dọrọ, mindi-ógboro óki sawfish Pristis spp. okobia snake-head Parachanna obscura. = ágbagúrụ, mumbeí okoróba small tilapiine fish family Cichlidae. cf. ẹgụrụba ókoróngo meagre (‘meagre drum sp.’); Argyrosomus regius; Umbrina spp. drum okpómina giant sea catfish (‘broad- Arius gigas headed sea catfish’) olókosịngị catfish sp., described as sickly order Siluriformes and emaciated with a big head and hollow and flabby sides ongorí snake eel sp. family Ophichthidae. cf. mindi-óbolịa osisi snapper sp.; ? pigsnout grunt Lutjanus sp.;? Pomadasys rogerii. cf. (‘pigfish’) agbára ọbórụ unidentified freshwater fish sp. ọdịa tailspot ctenopoma Ctenopoma kingsleyae. = enumetandị ọfịrịma shark and dogfish spp. order Squaliformes, incl. Galeocerdo (‘slender, long-nosed shark’; cuvier ‘long-nosed shark’), incl. tiger shark ọfọụ large specimen of ẹpẹtẹ, a Citharinus latus. cf. ẹpẹtẹ freshwater fish ọkpáịn characin sp. order Characiformes. cf. ikolokoló, ịságụ ọkpọkókpọkọ bubu, a freshwater catfish Auchenoglanis occidentalis reputed to move supinely ọkpọtụba cichlid sp. family Cichlidae. cf. adi, atán, elekéti, ịtabalá ọná meagre (‘meagre drum’; Argyrosomus regius ‘croaker or large-mouth’; ‘sea croaker’) ọna geelbeck croaker (‘small- Atractoscion aequidens mouth or weakfish’) ọpịpaịn minnow sp., esp. one in salt family Cyprinidae water ọsịkaịn halfbeak spp. family Hemiramphidae ọsịkasịkaídu very small and thin fish resembling ọsịkaịn, halfbeak spp. ọsịmamọmbọ unidentified scaly fish sp., described as very tasty ọsọkịsọkí unidentified fish sp. ọtíọ small type of sịngí, a sea Arius sp. cf. gbengu, nẹgú, nẹngú catfish óma electric catfish Malapterurus electricus ózọlólị small fry of fish, esp. mullet e.g. family Mugilidae. cf. ẹkpẹrúkpẹrụ, ịdẹgé, ịyagụ pambawei fish spp. with broad flat order Rajiformes bodies; skates and rays pélia Senegal jack; pompano sp. Caranx senegallus; family Carangidae. cf. mọrọn, ịkụtúkụtụ pẹmbụ razorfish Xyrichthys sp. cf. epelépele púla cassava croaker Pseudotolithus senegalensis saídu skate or ray sp., large in size; order Rajiformes; order Pleuronectiformes turbot seun, snapper sp. Lutjanus sp. cf. agbára séún agbara sịka stingray; a small kind of ray or family Dasyatidae skate sịngí large kind of ọtíọ, a sea Arius sp. = ịsịngí. cf. gbengu, nẹgú, nẹngú catfish (‘orange-coloured flesh catfish’; ‘real grown catfish’; ‘second-stage catfish’; ‘young type catfish’) sọkọ, unidentified fish sp. of the family Carangidae. cf. ekué sọkọ-ekué mackerel family sọnọmasikó mackerel sp. family Carangidae. tunwan mullet sp. (‘the large mullet’) family Mugilidae. cf. abaraká, akúrọ, bụọbakalamọ, gbulu, ịdẹgé, móngịnị

Marine mammals bólia dolphin; dolphinfish family Delphinidae; Coryphaena sp. [a fish] émein manatee or sea-cow Trichechus senegalensis pẹịpẹínẹgị, whale order Cetacea pẹịpẹínẹngị

Marine invertebrates

álapá jellyfish; medusa class Scyphozoa. cf. ịyọrọ-álapá, owei- álapá búrumizi, squid order Teuthida burumizi buruma, cuttlefish order Sepiida burumọ igboun ‘dog whelk’ class Gastropoda ímgba, ‘oyster’, incl. oyster spat class Gastropoda íngba ịfúngọị ‘mussel’ class Bivalvia ịsẹmị ‘common periwinkle’ family Littorinidae ịyọrọ-álapá (female) jellyfish with short cf. álapá, owei-álapá flagella olóko ‘whelk or buckie’ class Gastropoda owei-álapá (male) jellyfish with long cf. álapá, ịyọrọ-álapá flagella

Names for parts of fish

kéguru gizzard of mullets, bonga ọfịrịma-ịbẹlẹkị shark-oil, from shark's liver ọpórịmópọ air bladder of sea-catfish; sound ọsịbá spine of fish; hard part in fin of fish; awn sángolobá gills of fish; branchiae sángolobabio gill chamber of fish sángolobafa abranchial siko1 dorsal fin