Alestidae | | | | | |
Alestes baremoze | Lake Albert, Murchison and lower Victoria Niles, and River Aswa. Possibly extant Albert Nile and affluent of Lake Albert. | 12971.29 | 1–5 | 4785 | 1–5 |
A. dentex | Lake Albert and Murchison Nile. Possibly extant in Albert Nile and some affluent rivers of Lake Albert | 6170.48 | 1–5 | 3738 | 1–5 |
Brycinus macrolepidotus | Lake Albert and Murchison Nile; possibly extant Albert Nile and Aswa river | 7385.69 | 1–5 | 4036 | 1–5 |
B. jacksonii | Lakes Victoria and Kyoga basins | 179992.85 | 46.8 | 92275 | 42.9 |
B. nurse | Lake Albert and Murchison Nile; possibly Albert Nile and Aswa river | 11498.31 | 86.3 | 4346 | 57.9 |
B. sadleri | Lakes Victoria and Kyoga basins; possibly Aswa river basin | 173974.66 | 28.6 | 87080 | 57.3 |
Hydrocynus forskahlii | Lake Albert and Murchison Nile. Possibly extant in Albert Nile. | 6170.48 | 1–5 | 3738 | 1–5 |
H. vittatus | Lake Albert, Murchison and Albert Niles. There are no recent records, but the species is possibly extant (Wandera & Balirwa, 2010) | | | | |
Amphiliidae | | | | | |
Amphilius jacksonii | Lake Edward drainage; possibly Kagera river drainage within Lake Victoria basin. Uncertain in Kyoga drainage as records are likely to be of Amphilius lujani (Froese & Pauly, 2022). Also uncertain in the Southern parts of Lake Albert. | 28366.754 | 41.3 | 18992 | 71.1 |
A. lujani | Kyoga drainage and northeastern affluent rivers of Lake Victoria (Thomson et al., 2015). | 7197.66 | > 70 | 4212 | > 70 |
A. cf. kivuensis | Lake Edward system (Decru et al., 2020) | | | | |
A. sp. “Bwindi” | Lake Edward system (Decru et al., 2020) | | | | |
Zaireichthys rotundiceps | Lakes Victoria, Edward, and Kyoga basins (both in rivers and lakes) (Decru et al., 2020; Seegers et al., 2003) | 185801.45 | 12.6 | 93608 | 21 |
Anabantidae | | | | | |
Microctenopoma damasi | Affluent rivers of the Lake Edward system and the Semliki River, but has not been found in other affluents of the Lake Albert system (Decru et al., 2020) | 94054.08 | 62.6 | 52703 | 58.02 |
Ctenopoma muriei | Lakes Victoria, Kyoga, Edward and Albert and their affluent rivers | 213697.27 | 6.2 | 161496 | 25.7 |
Bagridae | | | | | |
Bagrus bajad | Lake Albert and Muzizi river mouth, Murchison and lower Victoria Niles, and River Aswa. Possibly extant in Albert Nile. | 19000.97 | 1–5 | 5004 | 1–5 |
Bagrus docmak | Lakes Victoria, Victoria Nile, Kyoga, Nabugabo, Albert (including Albert and Murchison Niles), Edward and George, Kazinga channel, Bisina, and River Kagera | 188858.98 | 1.2 | 49884 | 3.4 |
Cichlidae | | | | | |
Astatoreochromis alluaudi | Victoria, Kyoga and Edward lake basins, including Semuliki river (but not reaching Lake Albert) | 185255.024 | 42.5 | 122648 | 40.5 |
Oreochromis leucostictus | Lakes Edward, George and Albert, and affluent rivers and streams of these lakes and of the Semliki River; introduced in Lakes Victoria and Kyoga basins | 136067.44 | 70.5 | 75667 | 64.6 |
Oreochromis niloticus | Lakes Edward, George and Albert, and many crater lakes in Western Uganda. Introduced in many localities in Lakes Victoria and Kyoga basins. Possibly in Aswa river basin, but origin is uncertain. | 130223.68 | < 1 | 86141 | < 1 |
Oreochromis esculentus | Lakes Victoria and Kyoga basins. Virtually extirpated in the main lakes, but still present in satellite lakes of these basins | 109909.25 | 40.8 | 80211 | 37.9 |
Oreochromis variabilis | Lakes Victoria and Kyoga basins, and River Ayago. Virtually extirpated in the main lakes, but still present in satellite lakes of these basins | 156277.9 | 49.1 | 109234 | 43.8 |
Coptodon zillii | Lake Albert and the Nile river; introduced in Lakes Victoria and Kyoga basins | 6170.48 | 1–5 | 3738 | 1–5 |
Sarotherodon galilaeus | Lake Albert, including the delta of Murchison Nile | 6170.48 | < 1 | 3738 | < 1 |
Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor | All major lake basins in Uganda. The current status in Albert Nile basin is not known as there no recent records, but is possibly extant | 224076.37 | 46.9 | 188437 | 45.7 |
Citharinidae | | | | | |
Citharinus citharus | Lake Albert and Murchison. Possibly extant in Albert Nile. | 6170.48 | 1–5 | 3738 | 1–5 |
Citharinus latus | Lake Albert, including the Delta of Murchison Nile | 6171.48 | < 1 | 3739 | < 1 |
Clariidae | | | | | |
Clariallabes petricola | Lake Victoria and Victoria Nile, and Lake Kyoga. The current status is unknown due to lack of recent data, but possibly extant | | | | |
Clarias werneri | Lakes Victoria, Kyoga, Edward, Albert basins | 49928.89 | 30–40 | 21788 | 30–40 |
Xenoclarias eupogon | Endemic to Lake Victoria (deep waters) | | | | |
Clarias liocephalus | Widespread in all major and minor water systems in Uganda | 249945.519 | 5–10 | 161436 | 18.3 |
Clarias alluaudi | Widespread in all major and minor water systems in Uganda, excluding the Albert drainage | 196065.03 | 30–40 | 163468 | 30–40 |
Clarias gariepinus | Widespread in all major and minor water systems in Uganda | 267697.37 | < 1 | 217946 | 5.0 |
Heterobranchus longifilis | Lake Edward and Murchison Nile | | | | |
Claroteidae | | | | | |
Auchenoglanis occidentalis | Lake Albert and Murchison and affluent of Lake Kyoga. Possibly Albert Nile and Nile basin. | 44464.78 | 1–5 | 4443 | 1–5 |
Cyprinidae | | | | | |
Labeo horie | Drainage basin of Nile river and Lake Kyoga, including Aswa river | 11498.31 | 86.3 | 4346 | 57.9 |
Labeo victorianus | Lakes Victoria and Kyoga basins, both in lakes and rivers. | 143376.75 | 37 | 82282 | 40 |
Labeo coubie | Lakes Albert and Murchison Nile; possibly Albert Nile drainage. Uncertain in Lake Victoria as it extends outside the known native range shown in Greenwood (1966) | 9973.85 | 1–5 | 4814 | 1–5 |
Labeobarbus ruwenzorii | Rwenzoria area in the upper Lake Edward system (Sibwe, Mubuku, Rwimi). Current status is not known due to lack of data, but possibly extant. Uncertain in the lower Edward system (Ihihizo, Ishasha rivers in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park) (Decru et al., 2020). | | | | |
Labeobarbus altianalis | Lakes Victoria, Edward, and Kyoga basins (both in rivers and lakes) | 185834.97 | 39.1 | 101099 | 41.3 |
Labeobarbus bynni | Lake Albert and Murchison Nile. Possibly extant in Albert Nile. | 11498.31 | 1–5 | 4346 | 14 |
Labeo forskalii | Lake Edward and Albert drainage systems, and Aswa river | 57738 | 76.1 | 24489 | 63.5 |
Labeobarbus alluaudi | Lake Edward system (Rivers Mubuku and Sibwe, and Ruimi), but it has not been observed recently. | | | | |
Labeobarbus huloti | Lake Albert, but there is insufficient information on distribution as it only known from the type locality (Zega on the Vuda River) | | | | |
Labeobarbus somereni | Rwenzori area (Sibwe, Mubuku, Rwimi, and Kirimia Rivers). No recent records from these areas, which could be attributed to limited sampling of the area (Decru et al., 2020). | | | | |
Enteromius Pellegrini | Lake Edward basin | 25708.9 | 58.1 | 18818 | 55.3 |
Enteromius nyanzae | Lake Victoria basin. Current status unknown due to lack of recent data. Records from Lake Kawi are uncertain and likely to be misidentification | | | | |
Enteromius jacksoni | Lake Victoria and Kyoga basins | 74350.487 | 10–20 | 38182 | 10–20 |
Enteromius profundus | Endemic to Lake Victoria (Tweddle et al., 2006). Occurrence records from Lake Kyoga basin are uncertain and likely to be misidentifications | 33755.071 | 38.4 | 29454 | 58.7 |
Enteromius alberti | Lakes Edward and George and their affluent rivers; possibly in affluent rivers of Lake Victoria. Presence in Albert drainage is uncertain and needs confirmation | 25708.9 | | 18818 | |
Enteromius radiatus | Lake Victoria basin. Possibly Aswa River basin. Records from Lake Kyoga basin are uncertain | 44313.81 | 5–10 | 20384 | 5–10 |
Enteromius sexradiatus | Lake Victoria (possibly in nearshore). | | | | |
Enteromius yongei | Aswa river and Lake Kyoga affluent (Greenwood, 1966) and affluent of Lake Victoria in the North East (Whitehead, 1960). There are no recent records, but the species is possibly extant | | | | |
Enteromius paludinosus | Lakes Victoria and Kyoga basins | 157218.71 | 1.7 | 95592 | 3.4 |
Enteromius apleurogramma | Aswa River, Lake Victoria basin, Lake Edward-George system, and Lake Kyoga basin. Presence in Lake Albert system is uncertain as it is outside the known native range | 185834.97 | 5–10 | 110258 | 5–10 |
Enteromius kerstenii | Lakes Victoria, Kyoga, Edward-George basins. Presence in Lake Albert system is uncertain as it is outside the known native range | | | | |
Enteromius magdalenae | Lakes Victoria and Nabugabo. Current status unknown due to lack of recent data. Records from Lake Kyoga basin are uncertain and could be misidentifications | | | | |
Enteromius neumayeri | Lakes Victoria and Kyoga basin. Possibly extant in Lake Albert watershed (Greenwood, 1966). Records from Lake Edward system are uncertain as they are likely to be Enteromis pellegrin (Decru et al., 2020). | 157218.71 | 10–20 | 93083 | 10–20 |
Enteromius perince | Lake Albert, and Aswa River systems. There are no recent records, but the species is possibly extant (Greewood, 1966). | | | | |
Garra dembeensis | Lake Victoria and affluent and Victoria Nile | 33755.071 | < 1 | 29454 | 1–5 |
Danionidae | | | | | |
Rastrineobola argentea | Lakes Victoria and Kyoga basins | 70840.23 | 35.7 | 35275 | 22.6 |
Engraulicypris bredoi | Lake Albert, including the delta of Murchison Nile | 6170.48 | 77.16 | 3738 | 55.42705 |
Leptocypris niloticus | Lake Albert and Murchison Nile | 6170.48 | < 1 | 3738 | < 1 |
Raiamas senegalensis | Aswa river. There are no recent records, but the species is possibly extant (Greenwood, 1966). Records from Lake Albert affluent are uncertain and needs verification. | | | | |
Distichodontidae | | | | | |
Distichodus nefasch | Lake Albert, Murchison Nile, and Albert Nile. The present status in Albert Nile needs to be ascertained with more recent sampling | 5024.97 | 64.3 | 3253 | 49.8 |
Nannocharax niloticus | Murchison Nile; also possibly extant in Lake Albert and Albert Nile (Daget & Gosse, 1984) | 739.41 | 70–80 | 555 | 70–80 |
Distichodus rostratus | Murchison Nile; also possibly extant in Lake Albert and Albert Nile. | | | | |
Latidae | | | | | |
Lates macrophthalmus | Lake Albert, including the delta of Murchison Nile | 6170.48 | 77.16 | 3738 | 55.4 |
Lates niloticus | Lake Albert, Albert and Murchison Niles. Introduced in Victoria Nile, Lake Victoria and Kyoga basins | 23201.84 | < 1 | 7199 | < 1 |
Malapteruridae | | | | | |
Malapterurus electricus | Lake Albert and affluent; possibly extant in Albert Nile | 26153 | < 1 | 16410 | < 1 |
Mastacembelidae | | | | | |
Mastacembelus frenatus | Lakes Victoria and Kyoga basins. Possibly extant in Aswa River. Recent surveys suggest that the distribution extends to the Lower Victoria Nile. | 133720.41 | 1–5 | 76679 | 5–10 |
Mochokidae | | | | | |
Synodontis khartoumensis | Lake Albert and Albert Nile. Present status unknown due to lack of recent data | | | | |
Synodontis victoriae | Lake Victoria and its affluent rivers, Lakes Nabugabo and Kyoga; Victoria Nile | 100468.542 | 28.5 | 22820 | 18.4 |
Synodontis afrofischeri | Lake Victoria and its affluent rivers, Lake Nabugabo, Kyoga basin; Victoria Nile. Records from the delta of Murchison Nile are uncertain. | 167781.96 | 31.4 | 83680 | 42.6 |
Synodontis nigrita | Lakes Albert and Murchison Nile. Possibly extant in Albert Nile. Presence in rivers affluent to Lake Albert is uncertain. | 9797.807 | 1–5 | 6344 | 1–5 |
Synodontis schall | Lake Albert and Murchison Niles. Possibly extant in Albert Nile and Semiliki river | 11831.394 | 1–5 | 7088 | 1–5 |
Synodontis frontosus | Lake Albert and Murchison. Possibly extant in the Albert Nile | 12677.511 | 1–5 | 6904 | 1–5 |
Synodontis macrops | Aswa river. Current status unknown due to lack of data, but possibly extant | | | | |
Synodontis serratus | Lake Albert and lower Nile. It has not been recorded in the Ugandan side, but the presence in the DRC side suggests it possibly occurs in Uganda (Jos Snoeks, Pers. Comm) | | | | |
Mormyridae | | | | | |
Mormyrus macrocephalus | Lake Kyoga basin; also possibly extant in Aswa river (Greenwood, 1966). | 75859.84 | 97.7 | 56908 | 98.1 |
Mormyrus caschive | Lake Albert and the delta of Murchison Nile; also possibly extant in Albert Nile (Greenwood, 1966). Records in Aswa river and Elgon region are uncertain. | 6170.48 | 10–20 | 3738 | 42.1 |
Mormyrops anguilloides | Lake Albert and Murchison Nile (including the delta). Possibly extant the affluent of Lake Albert and Albert Nile (Greenwood, 1966). | 6170.48 | 1–5 | 3738 | 1–5 |
Mormyrus kannume | Lakes Victoria, Kyoga, Albert, George, and Edward. Not common in most affluent rivers of these lakes apart from Victoria and Murchison Niles, Kagera, and Kazinga channel. | 136849.16 | 3.7 | 29659 | 5.4 |
Marcusenius cyprinoides | Originally known from Albert Nile and Aswa river (Greenwood 1966), but no recent data to ascertain the current status. Recent records suggests the species is present in Lake Albert (Wandera & Balirwa, 2010), but this needs verification | | | | |
Mormyrus niloticus | Lake Albert, including the delta of Murchison Nile; also possibly in the Albert Nile | 6170.48 | 75–80 | 3738 | 55–60 |
Marcusenius victoriae | Lakes Victoria and Kyoga basins | 119611.164 | 38.2 | 75051 | 41.2 |
Pollimyrus petherici | Lake Albert and Murchison Nile; also possibly in Albert and lower Victoria Nile | 6170.48 | 77.1 | 3738 | 55.4 |
Gnathonemus longibarbis | Lake Victoria and Kagera system, Victoria Nile and Lake Kyoga system | 180621.83 | 43.2 | 91875 | 42.0 |
Marcusenius rheni | Lake Victoria. There are no recent records for this species | | | | |
Petrocephalus degeni | Lakes Victoria and Kyoga basins. This includes all records previously identified as Petrocephalus catostoma (Kramer et al., 2012). | 119611.164 | 50–60 | 75051 | 50–60 |
Pollimyrus nigricans | Lakes Victoria, Nabugabo, Albert, George, Edward and Kyoga and affluents of the lakes | 154791.29 | 26.5 | 56775 | 18.6 |
Hippopotamyrus grahami | Lakes Victoria and its affluent rivers, and Kyoga basin. Possibly extant in lower Victoria Nile. Records from Murchison Nile and River Muzizi (on Lake Albert) are uncertain and need verification | 143376.75 | 60–70 | 82282 | 670 |
Hyperopisus bebe | Lake Albert, Albert and Murchison Niles. Possibly extant in Aswa river (Greenwood, 1966) | 6170.48 | 1–5 | 3738 | 1–5 |
Nothobranchiidae | | | | | |
Nothobranchius taeniopygus | Affluent of Lake Victoria and Aswa river drainage (Greenwood, 1966) | | | | |
Nothobranchius robustus | Drainage basins of Lake Victoria and Albert. | 145188.97 | 87.5 | 77405 | > 80 |
Nothobranchius ugandensis | Drainages of Lakes Victoria, Albert and Kyoga. Possibly extant in Aswa river drainage (Wildekamp, 1995). | 781.79 | > 80 | 676 | > 80 |
Nothobranchius elucens | Aringa system, south of Madi Opei township, Aswa drainage (Nagy, 2021). Possibly in other parts of the Aswa river basin | 1760.13 | 93.5 | 1550 | 95.7 |
Nothobranchius taiti | Apapi river system, Lake Kyoga basin (Nagy 2019) | | | | |
Polypteridae | | | | | |
Polypterus senegalus | Lake Albert and affluents; Possibly extant in Albert Nile and affluents | 26749.26 | 1–5 | 16878 | 1–5 |
Procatopodidae | | | | | |
Lacustricola kassenjiensis | Lake Albert, including the delta of the Semliki River and the Victoria Nile River below Murchison Falls. | | | | |
Lacustricola centralis | Lake Victoria and Kyoga basins (Wildekamp, 1995; Seegers, 1997) | 143376.75 | 20.9 | 82282 | 28.6 |
Lacustricola vitschumbaensis | Lakes Edward and George; Kazinga Channel, and affluent rivers; northern parts of Lake Victoria, and Lake Kyoga drainage (Wildekamp, 1995; Decru et al., 2020). | 25708.9 | 29.4 | 18818 | 37.3 |
Lacustricola bukobanus | Lakes Kyoga, George, Edward, Albert and adjacent river systems, and Lake Victoria drainage | 147394.5 | 33.5 | 98447 | 35.6 |
Lacustricola margaritatus | Lakes Victoria and Kyoga basins (Nagy and Watters, 2022). This includes all records previously identified as Lacustricola pumilus. | 119611.164 | 50–60 | 75051 | 50–60 |
Laciris pelagica | Endemic to Lake Edward; occurrence records in Lake George are unverified (hence uncertain) | 782.18 | 29.2 | 638 | 24.5 |
Micropanchax loati | Nile river and the Lake Victoria system (including Kyoga and Aswa drainages) (Wildekemp, 1995). | | | | |
Platypanchax modestus | Affluent rivers of Lakes Edward and George | 29517.86 | 81.9 | 16514 | 88.3 |
Protopteridae | | | | | |
Protopterus aethiopicus | All major water bodies (Victoria, Edward, Kyoga, Albert) and affluent rivers. Possibly extant in Aswa river basin and Albert Nile and affluent. | 213663.73 | 3.7 | 160449 | 16.5 |
Schilbeidae | | | | | |
Schilbe intermedius | Lakes Victoria (including Kagera river) and Nabugabo, Kyoga basin, Albert and affluent; Murchison and Victoria Niles; possibly extant in Aswa river. | 202198.44 | 1–2 | 108165 | 1–2 |
Schilbe mystus | Lakes Albert, Murchison Nile, and Semliki river. Possibly extant in Albert Nile | 26284.02 | 1–5 | 16420 | 1–5 |