Research Article

Fishes of the Alitash National Park: Taxonomic Accounts with Identification Keys of Fish in Floodplain Rivers of Abbay and Tekeze Basins, Ethiopia

Table 2

Lists of fish species identified from the Ayima (A1/A2) and Gelegu (G1/G2) in the Abbay Basin and the Shinfa (S1/S2) Tekeze Basin.

Order/family/speciesA1A2G1G2S1S2Voucher specimen

Polypteriformes
 Polypteridae
  Polypterus bichir (Lacepède, 1803)xxZNHM-FAL001-2
Osteoglossiformes
 Arapaimidae
  Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier, 1829)xxxxZNHM-FAL003–5
 Mormyridae
  Hyperopisus bebe (Lacepède, 1803)xxZNHM-FAL006-7
  Petrocephalus keatingii (Boulenger, 1901)xxZNHM-FAL008-9
  Marcusenius cyprinoides (Linnaeus, 1758)xxxZNHM-FAL010
  Mormyrus caschive (Linnaeus, 1758)xxxZNHM-FAL011-12
  Mormyrus kannume (Forsskål, 1775)xxxxxxZNHM-FAL013
  Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus, 1758)xZNHM-FAL014
Characiformes
 Alestidae
  Hydrocynus vittatus (Castelnau, 1861)xxxZNHM-FAL015-16
  Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier, 1819)xxxZNHM-FAL017-18
  Alestes baremoze (Joannis, 1835)xxxxxZNHM-FAL019–21
  Brycinus nurse (Rüppell, 1832)xxxxxxZNHM-FAL022–24
  Brycinus macrolepidotus (Valenciennes, 1849)xxxZNHM-FAL025–27
 Distichodontidae
  Distichodus brevipinnis (Günther, 1864)xxZNHM-FAL028
  Distichodus engycephalus (Günther, 1864)xZNHM-FAL029
  Distichodus rostratus (Günther, 1864)xxxZNHM-FAL030
 Citharinidae
  Citharinus latus (Muller & Troschel, 1845)xxZNHM-FAL031
Cypriniformes
 Cyprinidae
  Labeobarbus bynni (Forsskål, 1775)xxxxxxZNHM-FAL032-33
  Labeobarbus crassibarbis (Nagelkerke & Sibbing, 1997)xxxZNHM-FAL034-35
  Labeobarbus intermedius (Rüppell, 1835)xxxxxxZNHM-FAL036-37
  Labeobarbus degeni (Boulenger, 1902)xxxxxZNHM-FAL038
  Labeobarbus nedgia (Rüppell, 1836)xxxZNHM-FAL039
  Labeo cylindricus (Peters, 1852)xxxxZNHM-FAL040-41
  Labeo forskahlii (Rüppell, 1835)xxxxxxZNHM-FAL042-43
  Labeo horie (Heckel, 1846)xxxxxZNHM-FAL044-45
  Labeo niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)xxxxZNHM-FAL046-47
  Raiamas senegalensis (Steindachner, 1870)xxZNHM-FAL048–50
Siluriformes
 Auchenoglanididae
  Auchenoglanis occidentalis (Valenciennes, 1840)xxxxxZNHM-FAL051–53
 Clariidae
  Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)xxxxxZNHM-FAL054–56
  Heterobranchus longifilis (Valenciennes, 1840)xxxxxZNHM-FAL057-58
 Bagridae
  Bagrus bajad (Forsskål, 1775)xxZNHM-FAL059
  Bagrus docmak (Forsskål, 1775)xxxxxZNHM-FAL060
 Mochokidae
  Synodontis clarias (Linnaeus, 1758)xZNHM-FAL061-62
  Synodontis schall (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)xxxxxxZNHM-FAL063–65
  Synodontis serratus (Rüppell, 1829)xxxxxxZNHM-FAL066-67
  Synodontis sorex (Günther, 1864)xxZNHM-FAL068-69
 Malapteruridae
  Malapterurus electricus (Gmelin, 1789)xxZNHM-FAL070
  Malapterurus minjiriya (Sagua, 1987)xZNHM-FAL071
 Schilbeidae
  Schilbe mystus (Linnaeus, 1758)xZNHM-FAL072–74
  Schilbe uranoscopus (Rüppell, 1832)xxxZNHM-FAL075–77
Perciformes
 Cichlidae
  Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)xxxxxxZNHM-FAL078–80
  Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848)xxxxZNHM-FAL081-82
 Latidae
  Lates niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)xxZNHM-FAL083-84

x stands for species-specific occurrence; museum deposited voucher specimens are designated as ZNHM-FAL.