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Appendix IV. Freshwater fish species by priority area The data in this table were compiled by Ulrich Schliewen (US), Curator of Ichthyology at information provided by raw data by Africa Museum Tervuren (MRAC, J. Snoeks & E. Vr taxonomic contributions (mainly after 2004) as well as information from Eschmeyer, W taxonomy as far as possible, as well as to sort out obviously unreliable distributions. Ne MRAC, AMNH, Sinaseli Tshibwabwa, Victor Mamonekene, WWF and possibly additiona distributions in the Congo basin. They have to be treated as imperfect, with many mista contribution of WWF. IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: This document is not to be considered and statements made herein are not made available for nomenclatural purposes from t Family Genus and Species Alestidae Brycinus nurse Amphiliidae Doumea alula Anabantidae Ctenopoma pellegrini Clariidae Clarias camerunensis Clariidae Clarias gabonensis Clariidae Clarias gariepinus Claroteidae Parauchenoglanis balayi Claroteidae Parauchenoglanis loennbergi Cyprinidae Barbus cardozoi Cyprinidae Barbus kerstenii Cyprinidae Barbus kessleri Cyprinidae Barbus vanderysti Cyprinidae Labeo greenii Cyprinidae Labeo macrostomus Cyprinidae Labeo nasus Distichodontidae Nannocharax parvus Mastacembelidae Mastacembelus niger Mormyridae Gnathonemus petersii Mormyridae Marcusenius monteiri Nothobranchiidae Aphyosemion christyi Nothobranchiidae Aphyosemion labarrei Schilbeidae Schilbe zairensis Cichlidae Haplochromis sp Inkisi Cichlidae Hemichromis elongatus Cichlidae Tilapia rendalli Amphiliidae Amphilius kivuensis Clariidae Clarias gariepinus Clariidae Clarias liocephalus Cyprinidae Barbus altianalis Cyprinidae Barbus apleurogramma Cyprinidae Barbus kerstenii Cyprinidae Barbus longifilis Cyprinidae Barbus mohasicus Cyprinidae Barbus pellegrini Cyprinidae Barbus somereni Cyprinidae Labeo cylindricus Cyprinidae Raiamas moorii Cyprinidae Varicorhinus pellegrini Cyprinidae Varicorhinus ruandae Mochokidae Chiloglanis asymetricaudalis Polypteridae Polypterus endlicheri congicus Cichlidae Ctenochromis horei Cichlidae Haplochromis adolphifrederici Cichlidae Haplochromis astatodon Cichlidae Haplochromis crebridens Cichlidae Haplochromis gracilior Cichlidae Haplochromis graueri Cichlidae Haplochromis kamiranzovu Cichlidae Haplochromis nigroides Cichlidae Haplochromis occultidens Cichlidae Haplochromis olivaceus Cichlidae Haplochromis paucidens Cichlidae Haplochromis scheffersi Cichlidae Haplochromis vittatus Cichlidae Oreochromis niloticus niloticus Cichlidae Oreochromis spilurus niger Alestidae Alestopetersius caudalis Alestidae Brycinus grandisquamis Alestidae Brycinus imberi Alestidae Brycinus longipinnis Alestidae Brycinus macrolepidotus Alestidae Bryconaethiops macrops Alestidae Bryconaethiops microstoma Alestidae Hydrocynus forskahlii Alestidae Hydrocynus goliath Alestidae Micralestes holargyreus Alestidae Micralestes humilis Alestidae Micralestes stormsi Anabantidae Microctenopoma nanum Channidae Parachanna obscura Citharinidae Citharinus congicus Citharinidae Citharinus gibbosus Citharinidae Citharinus macrolepis Clariidae Channallabes apus Clariidae Clarias angolensis Clariidae Clarias buthupogon Clariidae Clarias camerunensis Clariidae Clarias gabonensis Clariidae Clarias gariepinus Clariidae Clarias pachynema Claroteidae Auchenoglanis occidentalis Claroteidae Chrysichthys brevibarbis Claroteidae Chrysichthys cranchii Claroteidae Chrysichthys delhezi Claroteidae Chrysichthys duttoni Claroteidae Chrysichthys habereri Claroteidae Chrysichthys laticeps Claroteidae Chrysichthys longipinnis Claroteidae Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus Claroteidae Chrysichthys ornatus Claroteidae Chrysichthys polli Claroteidae Gnathobagrus depressus Clupeidae Microthrissa congica Clupeidae Odaxothrissa ansorgii Clupeidae Pellonula vorax Cyprinidae Barbus caudovittatus Cyprinidae Barbus congicus Cyprinidae Barbus dartevellei Cyprinidae Barbus holotaenia Cyprinidae Barbus miolepis Cyprinidae Barbus vanderysti Cyprinidae Labeo barbatus Cyprinidae Labeo falcipinnis Cyprinidae Labeo lineatus Cyprinidae Labeo longipinnis Cyprinidae Labeo macrostomus Cyprinidae Labeo rectipinnis Cyprinidae Labeo weeksii Cyprinidae Opsaridium christyi Cyprinidae Opsaridium ubangiense Distichodontidae Distichodus affinis Distichodontidae Distichodus antonii Distichodontidae Distichodus atroventralis Distichodontidae Distichodus fasciolatus Distichodontidae Distichodus lusosso Distichodontidae Distichodus notospilus Distichodontidae Distichodus sexfasciatus Distichodontidae Eugnathichthys eetveldii Distichodontidae Eugnathichthys macroterolepis Distichodontidae Neolebias ansorgii Hepsetidae Hepsetus odoe Malapteruridae Malapterurus microstoma Mastacembelidae Mastacembelus brachyrhinus Mastacembelidae Mastacembelus congicus Mastacembelidae Mastacembelus paucispinis Mochokidae Synodontis acanthomias Mochokidae Synodontis caudalis Mochokidae Synodontis cuangoana Mochokidae Synodontis notata Mormyridae Brienomyrus brachyistius Mormyridae Campylomormyrus christyi Mormyridae Campylomormyrus curvirostris Mormyridae Campylomormyrus elephas Mormyridae Campylomormyrus rhynchophorus Mormyridae Hippopotamyrus psittacus Mormyridae Hippopotamyrus wilverthi Mormyridae Marcusenius greshoffii Mormyridae Marcusenius monteiri Mormyridae Marcusenius moorii Mormyridae Mormyrops anguilloides Mormyridae Mormyrops curtus Mormyridae Mormyrops engystoma Mormyridae Mormyrops mariae Mormyridae Mormyrops parvus Mormyridae Mormyrus caballus caballus Mormyridae Myomyrus macrodon Mormyridae Petrocephalus balayi Mormyridae Petrocephalus christyi Mormyridae Petrocephalus sauvagii Mormyridae Pollimyrus adspersus Mormyridae Pollimyrus isidori osborni Mormyridae Pollimyrus isidori fasciaticeps Mormyridae Pollimyrus plagiostoma Mormyridae Stomatorhinus microps Mormyridae Stomatorhinus puncticulatus Nothobranchiidae Epiplatys singa Notopteridae Xenomystus nigri Poeciliidae Aplocheilichthys spilauchen Polypteridae Polypterus palmas palmas Protopteridae Protopterus aethiopicus mesmaekersi Protopteridae Protopterus dolloi Schilbeidae Parailia congica Schilbeidae Parailia occidentalis Schilbeidae Pareutropius debauwi Schilbeidae Schilbe congensis Schilbeidae Schilbe grenfelli Schilbeidae Schilbe intermedius Cichlidae Haplochromis fasciatus Cichlidae Hemichromis sp Rot Cichlidae Hemichromis elongatus Cichlidae Lamprologus congoensis Cichlidae Oreochromis lepidurus Cichlidae Oreochromis schwebischi Cichlidae Steatocranus gibbiceps Cichlidae Steatocranus mpozoensis Cichlidae Teleogramma gracile Cichlidae Tilapia guineensis Cichlidae Tilapia tholloni Cichlidae Tylochromis praecox Alestidae Alestes comptus Alestidae Alestes liebrechtsii Alestidae Brycinus nurse Alestidae Bryconaethiops boulengeri Alestidae Bryconaethiops yseuxi Alestidae Hydrocynus goliath Alestidae Micralestes schelly Amphiliidae Amphilius zairensis Amphiliidae Tetracamphilius pectinatus Anabantidae Microctenopoma milleri Anabantidae Microctenopoma nanum Bagridae Bagrus caeruleus Bagridae Bagrus ubangensis Channidae Parachanna insignis Citharinidae Citharinus macrolepis Clariidae Channallabes apus Clariidae Clariallabes manyangae Clariidae Clarias angolensis Clariidae Clarias buthupogon Clariidae Clarias camerunensis Clariidae Clarias dumerilii Clariidae Clarias gabonensis Clariidae Clarias gariepinus Clariidae Gymnallabes nops Clariidae Heterobranchus longifilis Claroteidae Chrysichthys duttoni Claroteidae Chrysichthys helicophagus Claroteidae Chrysichthys ornatus Claroteidae Chrysichthys polli Claroteidae Chrysichthys thonneri Claroteidae Notoglanidium pallidum Clupeidae Microthrissa congica Cyprinidae Barbus lamani Cyprinidae Barbus luluae Cyprinidae Barbus miolepis Cyprinidae Garra dembeensis Cyprinidae Labeo annectens Cyprinidae Labeo barbatus Cyprinidae Labeo cyclorhynchus Cyprinidae Labeo lineatus Cyprinidae Labeo longipinnis Cyprinidae Labeo macrostomus Cyprinidae Labeo nasus Cyprinidae Labeo parvus Cyprinidae Labeo rectipinnis Cyprinidae Labeo weeksii Cyprinidae Raiamas kheeli Distichodontidae Distichodus antonii Distichodontidae Distichodus maculatus Malapteruridae Malapterurus microstoma Malapteruridae Malapterurus monsembeensis Mastacembelidae Mastacembelus aviceps Mastacembelidae Mastacembelus brachyrhinus Mastacembelidae Mastacembelus brichardi Mastacembelidae Mastacembelus congicus Mastacembelidae Mastacembelus crassus Mastacembelidae Mastacembelus latens Mastacembelidae Mastacembelus paucispinis Mastacembelidae Mastacembelus robertsi Mochokidae Chiloglanis carnosus Mochokidae Synodontis longirostris Mormyridae Marcusenius monteiri Mormyridae Marcusenius stanleyanus Mormyridae Mormyrops anguilloides Mormyridae Mormyrus cyaneus Mormyridae Mormyrus irioides Mormyridae Myomyrus pharao Mormyridae Stomatorhinus ater Mormyridae Stomatorhinus microps Mormyridae Stomatorhinus polylepis Nothobranchiidae Epiplatys multifasciatus Polypteridae Polypterus endlicheri congicus Polypteridae Polypterus ornatipinnis Schilbeidae Parailia congica Schilbeidae Schilbe congensis Schilbeidae Schilbe grenfelli Schilbeidae Schilbe intermedius Cichlidae Haplochromis bakongo Cichlidae Haplochromis sp Yabi Cichlidae Haplochromis demeusii Cichlidae Haplochromis polli Cichlidae Hemichromis sp Rot Cichlidae Hemichromis elongatus Cichlidae Lamprologus lethops Cichlidae Lamprologus tigripictilis Cichlidae Lamprologus werneri Cichlidae Nanochromis consortus Cichlidae Nanochromis minor Cichlidae Nanochromis parilus Cichlidae Nanochromis splendens Cichlidae Steatocranus casuarius Cichlidae Steatocranus 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    355 Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 355-376, 5 figs., 3 tabs., December 2011 © 2011 by Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München, Germany – ISSN 0936-9902 Out of Lake Tanganyika: endemic lake fishes inhabit rapids of the Lukuga River Sven O. Kullander* and Tyson R. Roberts** The Lukuga River is a large permanent river intermittently serving as the only effluent of Lake Tanganyika. For at least the first one hundred km its water is almost pure lake water. Seventy-seven species of fish were collected from six localities along the Lukuga River. Species of cichlids, cyprinids, and clupeids otherwise known only from Lake Tanganyika were identified from rapids in the Lukuga River at Niemba, 100 km from the lake, whereas downstream localities represent a Congo River fish fauna. Cichlid species from Niemba include special- ized algal browsers that also occur in the lake (Simochromis babaulti, S. diagramma) and one invertebrate picker representing a new species of a genus (Tanganicodus) otherwise only known from the lake. Other fish species from Niemba include an abundant species of clupeid, Stolothrissa tanganicae, otherwise only known from Lake Tangan- yika that has a pelagic mode of life in the lake. These species demonstrate that their adaptations are not neces- sarily dependent upon the lake habitat. Other endemic taxa occurring at Niemba are known to frequent vegetat- ed shore habitats or river mouths similar to the conditions at the entrance of the Lukuga, viz. Chelaethiops minutus (Cyprinidae), Lates mariae (Latidae), Mastacembelus cunningtoni (Mastacembelidae), Astatotilapia burtoni, Ctenochromis horei, Telmatochromis dhonti, and Tylochromis polylepis (Cichlidae). The Lukuga frequently did not serve as an ef- fluent due to weed masses and sand bars building up at the exit, and low water levels of Lake Tanganyika.