Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake. It is the second-largest freshwater lake by volume and the second deepest, in both cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. The lake is shared among four countries—Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Zambia—with Tanzania (46%) and the DRC (40%) possessing the majority of the lake. It drains via the Lukuga River into the Congo River system, which ultimately discharges at Banana, Democratic Republic of the Congo into the Atlantic Ocean.
The schelly is a living fresh water fish of the salmon family, endemic to four lakes in the Lake District, England. Its taxonomy is disputed with some recognizing it as a distinct species and others as a variant of the widespread Eurasian whitefish species Coregonus lavaretus. It is present in Brothers Water, Haweswater, Red Tarn and Ullswater, and the population seems stable in all of these except for Haweswater where it seems to be declining. The main threats it faces are seen to be water abstraction and cormorants, and the fish-eating birds are being culled from Haweswater. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated the conservation status of this fish as "Vulnerable".
Telestes turskyi is a species of cyprinid restricted to Buško Lake in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Čikola, a tributary of the Krka River, in Croatia. This species was thought to be extinct, but was rediscovered in May 2002 by J. Freyhof and N. Bogutskaya. Its habitat continues to decline due to water extraction and drought.
Acapoeta tanganicae, or the mbaraga, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. The genus Acopoeta is monotypic and is currently classified in the subfamily Torinae within the Cyprinidae.
Anabarilius polylepis s a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. This species is endemic to Yunnan, China. It only occurs in Dian Lake and Songhuaba reservoir in Kunming. It was once a major commercial fish species, but it has not been confirmed in the lake since the 1970s. Its decline is attributed to many factors: introduced fish species, decreasing water quality, the loss of macrophytes, over-fishing, and the loss of breeding sites due to siltation and blocked access.
The giant Atlas barbel was a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It was the only species in the genus Atlantor but it is now thought to be extinct.
The Albert lates is a species of lates perch endemic to Lake Albert in Africa. This species is found in open waters at depths of from 20 m to 40 m. It can reach a length of 29 cm TL. It is commercially important and is also popular as a game fish.
Lethrinops macrophthalmus is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi where it is known to occur in the Nkhotakota area. It prefers habitats with patches of Vallisneria. This species grows to a length of 12 centimetres (4.7 in) SL.
Rhamphochromis macrophthalmus is a species of piscivorous cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi where it prefers open waters at depths of from 30 to 109 metres. This species can reach a length of 28.9 centimetres (11.4 in) SL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade. FishBase treats this species as a valid species, but the Catalog of Fishes treats it as a synonym of Rhamphochromis longiceps, as does the IUCN.
Tropheops macrophthalmus is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi. This species can reach a length of 11.5 centimetres (4.5 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.
Synodontis macrophthalmus is a species of upside-down catfish endemic to Ghana where it occurs in the Volta River basin. This species grows to a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL.
Anabarilius qiluensis s a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. This species is endemic to Qilu Lake in Yunnan, but the it has not been recorded from that site since the early 1980s. Surveys conducted in 1983-84 failed to find thuis fish. In 1964 alien fish were introduced into the lake and prevented this species from reproducing, leading to its decline. The International Union for Conservation of Nature considers this species to be Critically Endangered, Possibly Extinct.
The Nepalese snowtrout is a cyprinid fish species of the genus Schizothorax. This snowtrout was first collected in 1979 in the alpine fresh water Rara Lake located in Nepal's Rara National Park.
Poropuntius alloiopleurus is a species of cyprinid fish that is found in the eastern Asian countries of China, Laos and Vietnam.
Hoplias aimara, also known as anjumara, traíra, trahira, manjuma, anjoemara and giant wolf fish, is a species of freshwater fish found in the rivers of South America. In Amazonia, the native populations are concerned by high levels of mercury contamination which have been linked to the consumption of contaminated fish. H. aimara is a good bioindicator of such contamination.
Distoechodon is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. The fishes in this genus are found in East Asia, one species endemic to mainland China and the other in both mainland China and Taiwan.
Coregonus macrophthalmus is a freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae. It can be found in Lake Constance.
Distoechodon tumirostris is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. It inhabits China and Taiwan. Its habitat is inland wetlands and it is used for food.
Ancistrus macrophthalmus is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, specifically found in the Orinoco River and its lower tributaries in Venezuela. The species reaches 7.9 cm (3.1 in) SL. It is occasionally seen in the aquarium trade, where it is one of multiple species sometimes referred to as "medusa plecos".
Distoechodon compressus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. This species is found in costal rivers such as the Min Jiang, Jiulong Jiang, Ting Jiang and Ao Jiang in Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces in China and in the Yilan and Jilong Rivers in northern Taiwan.
