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Perciformes over 10 kg
Lates niloticus
Nile Perch
250,00
551.16
Lake Victoria
Uganda
,
Kenya
,
Tanzania
catfishes over 50 kg
Bathybagrus grandis
Kukumai
190,00
418.88
Lake Tanganyika
Zambia
,
Burundi
,
Tanzania
,
DR Congo
catfishes over 50 kg
Chrysichthys cranchii
Kokuni
135,00
297.62
Congo-Lualaba-River system
DR Congo
Perciformes over 10 kg
Lates angustifrons
Tanganyika Lates
100,00
220.46
Lake Tanganyika
Burundi
,
Tanzania
,
DR Congo
,
Zambia
catfishes over 50 kg
Bagrus bajad
Bayad
100,00
220.46
Lake Qaroun
Egypt
catfishes over 50 kg
Bathyclarias gigas
Giant Malawi Catfish
90,00
198.42
Lake Malawi
Mozambique
characins
Hydrocynus goliath
Goliath Tigerfish
70,00
154.32
Congo River system
Congo
,
DR Congo
,
Tanzania
catfishes over 50 kg
Dinotopterus cunningtoni
Singa
60,00
132.28
Lake Tanganyika
Tanzania
,
DR Congo
,
Zambia
,
Burundi
catfishes over 50 kg
Clarias gariepinus
Sharptooth Catfish
59,00
130.07
unknown
Africa
catfishes over 50 kg
Heterobranchus longifilis
Sampa
55,00
121.25
unknown
Africa
carps over 25 kg
Labeobarbus kimberleyensis
Largemouth Yellowfish
52,00
114.64
Orange River system
,
Vaal River system
South Africa
skates and rays
Fontitrygon ukpam
Thorny Freshwater Stingray
50,00
110.23
unknown
Nigeria
,
Cameroon
,
DR Congo
,
Gabon
,
Côte d'Ivoire
,
Gambia
,
Guinea-Bissau
lungfishes
Protopterus aethiopicus
Marbled Lungfish
50,00
110.23
Lake Tanganyika
Tanzania
,
DR Congo
,
Zambia
,
Burundi
catfishes over 50 kg
Arius gigas
Giant Sea Catfish
50,00
110.23
Volta River system
,
Niger River system
Benin
,
Guinea
,
Mali
,
Burkina Faso
,
Niger
,
Cameroon
,
Nigeria
,
Ghana
catfishes over 50 kg
Chrysichthys laticeps
?
50,00
110.23
Congo River system
Congo
,
DR Congo
catfishes over 50 kg
Bagrus docmak
Semutundu
50,00
110.23
Murchison Falls, Victoria Nile
Uganda
catfishes 10-50 kg
Clarias anguillaris
Mudfish
45,00
99.21
Nile River
,
Chad River
,
Niger River
Egypt
,
Sudan
,
West Africa
,
Central Africa
carps over 25 kg
Labeobarbus rhinoceros
Rhinofish
45,00
99.21
Tana River
Kenya
catfishes 10-50 kg
Auchenoglanis occidentalis
Bubu
40,00
88.18
Congo River
DR Congo
catfishes 10-50 kg
Bagrus meridionalis
Kampoyo
35,00
77.16
Lake Malawi
,
Shire River
Malawi
,
Mozambique
,
Tanzania
catfishes 10-50 kg
Heterobranchus bidorsalis
African Catfish
30,00
66.14
Senegal River
,
Niger River
,
Chad River
,
Volta River
,
Nile River
,
Gambia River
Egypt
,
Sudan
,
West Africa
,
Central Africa
characins
Hydrocynus vittatus
Tigerfish
28,00
61.73
unknown
Egypt
,
Southern Africa
,
Central Africa
,
Sudan
,
East Africa
,
West Africa
catfishes 10-50 kg
Malapterurus electricus
Electric Catfish
25,00
55.12
Lake Chad
,
Senegal River
,
Nile River
,
Lake Turkana
,
Niger River
Central Africa
,
West Africa
,
East Africa
,
Sudan
,
Egypt
Perciformes over 10 kg
Lates microlepis
Forktail Lates
25,00
55.12
Lake Tanganyika
Tanzania
,
DR Congo
,
Zambia
,
Burundi
eels
Anguilla labiata
African Mottled Eel
23,00
50.71
Zambezi River system
Mozambique
carps 10-25 kg
Labeobarbus petitjeani
Petitjean’s Barb
20,00
44.09
Bafing River
,
Niger River
Senegal
,
Guinea
characins
Distichodus sexfasciatus
Sixbar Distichodus
20,00
44.09
Congo River system
,
Lake Tanganyika
Angola
,
Tanzania
,
DR Congo
characins
Distichodus brevipinnis
Shortfin Distichodus
20,00
44.09
Volta Reservoir
Ghana
bony tongues
Gymnarchus niloticus
Aba
18,50
40.79
Volta River
,
Nile River
,
Niger River
,
Gambia River
,
Chad River
,
Senegal River
,
Lake Turkana
Kenya
,
West Africa
,
Egypt
,
Sudan
,
Central Africa
carps 10-25 kg
Labeobarbus altianalis
Ripon Barbel
18,00
39.68
Lake Kyoga
,
Lake Kivu
,
Lake Albert
,
Lake Victoria
,
Lake Edouard
DR Congo
,
Rwanda
,
Uganda
,
Kenya
,
Tanzania
characins
Citharinus latus
Moonfish
18,00
39.68
Nile River
,
Niger River
,
Chad River
,
Lake Albert
,
Senegal River
,
Volta River
Sudan
,
Egypt
,
Uganda
,
Tanzania
,
Ethiopia
,
West Africa
characins
Citharinops distichodoides
Moonfish
18,00
39.68
Volta River
,
Chad River
,
Niger River
Ghana
,
Nigeria
,
Niger
,
Cameroon
,
Chad
eels
Anguilla marmorata
Giant Mottled Eel
16,36
36.07
Hazelmere Reservoir
South Africa
characins
Hydrocynus forskahlii
Elongate Tigerfish
15,50
34.17
Lake Turkana
Kenya
bony tongues
Mormyrops anguilloides
Cornish Jack
15,00
33.07
Zambezi River
,
Congo River system
,
Senegal River
,
Volta River
,
Nile River
,
Niger River
,
Lake Malawi
,
Lake Albert
,
Chad River
,
Lake Tanganyika
,
Gambia River
West Africa
,
East Africa
,
Sudan
,
Central Africa
,
Southern Africa
carps 10-25 kg
Labeobarbus trachypterus
Pifu
15,00
33.07
Lake Mweru
,
Lake Bangweulu
,
Luapula River
Zambia
,
DR Congo
catfishes 10-50 kg
Bathyclarias nyasensis
Sapuwa
15,00
33.07
Lake Malawi
Tanzania
,
Malawi
,
Mozambique
characins
Hydrocynus tanzaniae
Tanzanian Tigerfish
13,61
30.00
Mnyera River
,
Ruhudji River
Tanzania
bony tongues
Mormyrus caschive
Northeast African Elephantfish
13,00
28.66
Lake Albert
,
Nile River
,
Lake Edward
DR Congo
,
Sudan
,
Uganda
bony tongues
Mormyrus rume
Mormyrids
13,00
28.66
Niger River
,
Volta River
,
Chad River
,
Senegal River
,
Gambia River
West Africa
,
Central Africa
bony tongues
Mormyrus kannume
Elephantsnout Fish
13,00
28.66
Nile River
,
Lake Victoria
,
Lake Kyoga
,
Lake Edward
,
Lake Albert
Uganda
,
Kenya
,
Rwanda
,
DR Congo
,
Sudan
,
Egypt
,
Tanzania
,
Ethiopia
characins
Hydrocynus brevis
North African Tigerfish
12,93
28.51
Lake Volta
Ghana
catfishes 10-50 kg
Clarotes laticeps
Widehead Catfish
11,80
26.01
Volta River
,
Nile River
,
Lake Chad
,
Senegal River
,
Niger River
Sudan
,
West Africa
,
Central Africa
,
Egypt
lungfishes
Protopterus dolloi
Slender Lungfish
11,00
24.25
Congo River system
Congo
,
DR Congo
carps 10-25 kg
Pseudobarbus capensis
Clanwilliam Yellowfish
10,66
23.50
Olifant's River
South Africa
bony tongues
Heterotis niloticus
African Bonytongue
10,20
22.49
Kainji Reservoir
Nigeria
characins
Distichodus antonii
Antoni's Distichodus
10,00
22.05
Congo River system
DR Congo
catfishes up 10 kg
Clarias buthupogon
Lilembu
10,00
22.05
Niger River
,
Congo River system
DR Congo
,
Nigeria
,
Benin
,
Central African Republic
,
Congo
catfishes up 10 kg
Bagrus filamentosus
?
10,00
22.05
Volta River system
,
Niger River system
Mali
,
Niger
,
Ghana
,
Nigeria
,
Guinea
catfishes up 10 kg
Bathyclarias euryodon
Pwefu
10,00
22.05
Lake Malawi
Mozambique
,
Tanzania
,
Malawi
characins
Citharinus macrolepis
Congo Moonfish
10,00
22.05
Congo River system
Congo
,
DR Congo
catfishes up 10 kg
Malapterurus minjiriya
Mijiriya
10,00
22.05
Kainji Reservoir
,
Niger River
Nigeria
bony tongues
Mormyrus longirostris
Eastern Bottlenose Mormyrid
9,97
21.98
Kariba Reservoir
Zimbabwe
characins
Citharidium ansorgii
Niger Moonfish
9,12
20.11
Niger River system
Nigeria
carps 5-10 kg
Labeobarbus aeneus
Smallmouth Yellowfish
9,00
19.84
Vaal River system
,
Orange River system
South Africa
Perciformes up 10 kg
Oreochromis niloticus
Nile Tilapia
9,00
19.84
Lake Turkana
Kenya
lungfishes
Protopterus annectens
West African Lungfish
8,00
17.64
Niger River
,
Volta River
,
Chad River
,
Senegal River
,
Gambia River
West Africa
,
Central Africa
carps 5-10 kg
Labeobarbus tropidolepis
Tanganyika Barb
8,00
17.64
Lake Tanganyika
DR Congo
,
Zambia
,
Burundi
,
Tanzania
catfishes up 10 kg
Chrysichthys brachynema
Kibonde
7,70
16.98
Lake Tanganyika
Tanzania
,
DR Congo
,
Zambia
,
Burundi
characins
Distichodus mossambicus
Nkupe
7,56
16.67
Kariba Reservoir
Zimbabwe
pufferfishes
Tetraodon mbu
Freshwater Puffer fish
7,00
15.43
Lake Tanganyika
,
Congo River system
Tanzania
,
Congo
,
DR Congo
,
Zambia
,
Burundi
carps 5-10 kg
Labeo coubie
African Carp
7,00
15.43
Volta River
,
Senegal River
,
Niger River
,
Chad River
,
Nile River
,
Gambia River
Sudan
,
Central Africa
,
Ethiopia
,
West Africa
,
Egypt
eels
Anguilla nebulosa
Mottled Eel
7,00
15.43
unknown
Sri Lanka
,
Indonesia
,
Malawi
characins
Citharinus citharus
Moonfish
7,00
15.43
Volta River
,
Senegal River
,
Niger River
,
Gambia River
,
Chad River
,
Nile River
,
Lake Turkana
Sudan
,
Central Africa
,
Kenya
,
West Africa
,
Ethiopia
Perciformes up 10 kg
Lates mariae
Bigeye Lates
7,00
15.43
Lake Tanganyika
Burundi
characins
Distichodus petersii
Tungu
7,00
15.43
Rufiji River system
Tanzania
carps 5-10 kg
Labeobarbus bynni
Nile Barbel
7,00
15.43
Nile River system
Egypt
,
Sudan
carps 5-10 kg
Labeo congoro
Purple Labeo
7,00
15.43
Zambezi River system
Zimbabwe
carps 5-10 kg
Pseudobarbus serra
Sawfin
7,00
15.43
Olifant's River system
South Africa
carps 5-10 kg
Labeobarbus polylepis
Smallscale Yellowfish
6,80
14.99
Limpopo River system
Mozambique
,
South Africa
,
Zimbabwe
characins
Distichodus schenga
Chessa
6,38
14.07
Zambezi River system
Zimbabwe
characins
Distichodus rostratus
Grass-eater
6,25
13.78
Nile River
,
Chad River
,
Senegal River
,
Niger River
,
Gambia River
,
Volta River
Sudan
,
West Africa
,
Central Africa
characins
Distichodus nefasch
Nile Distichodus
6,20
13.67
Nile River
,
Lake Turkana
,
Chad River
Kenya
,
Chad
,
Sudan
Perciformes up 10 kg
Serranochromis robustus
Nembwe
6,12
13.49
Bangweulu swamps
Zambia
carps 5-10 kg
Labeobarbus caudovittatus
Streak Yellowfish
6,00
13.23
Lake Tanganyika
,
Congo River system
Zambia
,
Tanzania
,
DR Congo
catfishes up 10 kg
Synodontis xiphias
?
6,00
13.23
Niger River system
Mali
,
Niger
,
Nigeria
,
Guinea
catfishes up 10 kg
Heterobranchus isopterus
?
6,00
13.23
Volta River
,
Chad River
,
Niger River
,
Senegal River
,
Gambia River
Central Africa
,
West Africa
catfishes up 10 kg
Bathyclarias worthingtoni
Nkopora
6,00
13.23
Lake Malawi
Mozambique
,
Tanzania
,
Malawi
carps 5-10 kg
Labeobarbus marequensis
Largescale Yellowfish
6,00
13.23
Pongola River
South Africa
carps 5-10 kg
Labeobarbus megastoma
Lake Tana Yellowfish
6,00
13.23
Lake Tana
Ethiopia
eels
Anguilla mossambica
African Longfin Eel
5,38
11.86
Roodeplaat Reservoir
South Africa
carps up 5 kg
Labeobarbus johnstonii
Short-tail Yellowfish
5,00
11.02
Lake Malawi
Malawi
carps up 5 kg
Labeo macrostoma
Megamouth Labeo
5,00
11.02
Congo River
Congo
,
DR Congo
carps up 5 kg
Labeo lineatus
Striped Labeo
5,00
11.02
Lake Tanganyika
,
Lake Bangweulu
,
Congo River system
,
Lake Mweru
,
Lake Kivu
Tanzania
,
DR Congo
,
Congo
Perciformes up 10 kg
Boulengerochromis microlepis
Giant Cichlid
5,00
11.02
Lake Tanganyika
Burundi
catfishes up 10 kg
Bathyclarias filicibarbis
?
5,00
11.02
Lake Malawi
Mozambique
,
Tanzania
,
Malawi
catfishes up 10 kg
Bathyclarias foveolatus
Chimwamapumba
5,00
11.02
Lake Malawi
Mozambique
,
Tanzania
,
Malawi
carps up 5 kg
Labeo bottegi
Somali Labeo
5,00
11.02
Lake Abaya
Ethiopia
carps up 5 kg
Labeobarbus compiniei
Compinie's Yellowfish
5,00
11.02
Ogowe River system
Gabon
Perciformes up 10 kg
Oreochromis andersonii
Threespot Tilapia
5,00
11.02
Zambezi River
Zambia
herrings
Alosa alosa
Allis Shad
5,00
11.02
Sebou River
Morocco
carps up 5 kg
Labeobarbus nedgia
Ethiopian Yellowfish
5,00
11.02
Lake Tana
Ethiopia
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