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Fish Species of Egypt
Native and commonly occurring fish across 1 ocean region - with habitat, conservation status, and edibility data.
107
Total Species
9
Threatened
28
Edible
1
Ocean Region
Blue tilapia
Oreochromis aureus
💧 Freshwater
Common carp
Cyprinus carpio
LC
💧 Freshwater
Eastern mosquitofish
Gambusia holbrooki
LC
💧 Freshwater
Electric catfish
Malapterurus electricus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Eurasian minnow
Phoxinus phoxinus
LC
💧 Freshwater
European perch
Perca fluviatilis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Largemouth black bass
Micropterus salmoides
LC
💧 Freshwater
Longfin tilapia
Oreochromis macrochir
VU
💧 Freshwater
Mosquitofish
Gambusia affinis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Mozambique tilapia
Oreochromis mossambicus
VU
💧 Freshwater
Nile perch
Lates niloticus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Nile tilapia
Oreochromis niloticus
LC
💧 Freshwater
North African catfish
Clarias gariepinus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Rudd
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
LC
💧 Freshwater