Species by Country
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Icon Key:IMG photos from the AKA Killifish Master Index.WAK links to Killifish of West Africa by Tim Addis.IRF matched species/genus pages on itrainsfishes.net by Frans Vermeulen.WN matched Nothobranchius species pages on WildNothos.wix by Bela Nagy and Brian Watters.FB matched species profiles on fishbase.org.IUCN conservation status with profile links on iucnredlist.org.
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Africa (633 unique species)
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- Angola (10 species, 3 genera) IMG WAK FB IUCN
- Benin (13 species, 5 genera) IMG WAK FB IUCN
- Botswana (2 species, 1 genera) IMG WAK FB IUCN
- Burkina Faso (7 species, 6 genera) IMG WAK FB IUCN
- Burundi (2 species, 2 genera) IMG WAK FB IUCN
- Cameroon (95 species, 8 genera) IMG WAK FB IUCN
- Central African Republic (11 species, 4 genera) IMG WAK FB IUCN
- Chad (6 species, 5 genera) IMG WAK WN FB IUCN
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (69 species, 12 genera) IMG WAK WN FB IUCN
- Egypt (1 species, 1 genera) WAK
- Equatorial Guinea (40 species, 9 genera) IMG WAK FB IUCN
- Ethiopia (5 species, 3 genera) IMG WAK FB IUCN
- Gabon (161 species, 10 genera) IMG WAK FB IUCN
- Gambia (7 species, 5 genera) IMG WAK FB IUCN
- Ghana (22 species, 9 genera) IMG WAK FB IUCN
- Guinea (34 species, 9 genera) IMG WAK FB IUCN
- Ivory Coast (37 species, 10 genera) IMG WAK FB IUCN
- Kenya (17 species, 4 genera) IMG WAK WN FB IUCN
- Liberia (47 species, 7 genera) IMG WAK FB IUCN
- Madagascar (10 species, 1 genera) IMG FB IUCN
- Malawi (18 species, 2 genera) IMG WAK WN FB IUCN
- Mali (10 species, 6 genera) IMG WAK FB IUCN
- Mozambique (13 species, 2 genera) IMG WAK WN FB IUCN
- Namibia (2 species, 2 genera) WAK WN FB IUCN
- Niger (11 species, 5 genera) IMG WAK FB IUCN
- Nigeria (41 species, 10 genera) IMG WAK WN FB IUCN
- Republic of the Congo (67 species, 12 genera) IMG WAK FB IUCN
- Senegal (8 species, 6 genera) IMG WAK FB IUCN
- Sierra Leone (9 species, 4 genera) IMG WAK FB IUCN
- South Africa (4 species, 2 genera) IMG WAK WN FB IUCN
- Sudan (9 species, 3 genera) IMG WAK WN FB IUCN
- Tanzania (90 species, 5 genera) IMG WAK WN FB IUCN
- Togo (13 species, 9 genera) IMG WAK FB IUCN
- Uganda (17 species, 4 genera) IMG WAK WN FB IUCN
- Zambia (18 species, 3 genera) IMG WAK WN FB IUCN
- Zimbabwe (3 species, 2 genera) IMG WAK WN FB IUCN
Asia (39 unique species)
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- Bahrain (1 species, 1 genera) FB IUCN
- Bangladesh (1 species, 1 genera) IMG FB IUCN
- India (6 species, 2 genera) IMG FB IUCN
- Iran (19 species, 2 genera) IMG FB IUCN
- Iraq (3 species, 3 genera) IMG FB IUCN
- Israel (3 species, 2 genera) IMG FB IUCN
- Jordan (1 species, 1 genera) IMG FB IUCN
- Oman (2 species, 1 genera) FB IUCN
- Pakistan (1 species, 1 genera) FB IUCN
- Qatar (1 species, 1 genera) FB IUCN
- Sri Lanka (4 species, 1 genera) IMG FB IUCN
- Syria (1 species, 1 genera) IMG FB IUCN
- Thailand (3 species, 1 genera) IMG FB IUCN
- Turkey (8 species, 2 genera) IMG FB IUCN
Europe (23 unique species)
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- Albania (2 species, 2 genera) IMG FB IUCN
- Croatia (2 species, 1 genera) IMG FB IUCN
- France (1 species, 1 genera) IMG FB IUCN
- Greece (3 species, 2 genera) IMG FB IUCN
- Italy (1 species, 1 genera) IMG FB IUCN
- Spain (18 species, 3 genera) IMG FB IUCN
North America (183 unique species)
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- Bahamas (4 species, 1 genera) FB IUCN
- Belize (3 species, 3 genera) IMG IRF FB IUCN
- Canada (4 species, 1 genera) IMG FB IUCN
- Costa Rica (10 species, 3 genera) IMG IRF FB IUCN
- Cuba (5 species, 4 genera) IMG IRF FB IUCN
- El Salvador (4 species, 2 genera) IMG FB IUCN
- Guatemala (9 species, 3 genera) IMG IRF FB IUCN
- Haiti (2 species, 1 genera) FB IUCN
- Honduras (3 species, 2 genera) IMG IRF FB IUCN
- Jamaica (2 species, 2 genera) FB IUCN
- Mexico (72 species, 11 genera) IMG WAK IRF FB IUCN
- Nicaragua (1 species, 1 genera) IMG IRF FB IUCN
- Panama (18 species, 3 genera) IMG WAK IRF FB IUCN
- Trinidad and Tobago (2 species, 2 genera) IMG IRF FB IUCN
- United States (85 species, 9 genera) IMG IRF FB IUCN
South America (572 unique species)
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- Argentina (24 species, 11 genera) IMG IRF FB IUCN
- Bolivia (45 species, 11 genera) IMG WAK IRF FB IUCN
- Brazil (377 species, 35 genera) IMG WAK IRF FB IUCN
- Chile (7 species, 2 genera) IRF FB IUCN
- Colombia (38 species, 7 genera) IMG WAK IRF FB IUCN
- Ecuador (7 species, 1 genera) IMG IRF FB IUCN
- Guyana (23 species, 4 genera) IMG IRF FB IUCN
- Paraguay (14 species, 11 genera) IMG IRF FB IUCN
- Peru (55 species, 3 genera) IMG IRF FB IUCN
- Suriname (14 species, 2 genera) IMG IRF FB IUCN
- Uruguay (27 species, 10 genera) IMG IRF FB IUCN
- Venezuela (31 species, 10 genera) IMG IRF FB IUCN