| Fish Species in Lake Turkana | |||||
| [No. of Species listed in Fishbase.org=14] | |||||
| Species | Family | Habitat | Length (cm) | Trophic level | Status |
| Alestes dentex | Alestiidae | pelagic | 55 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Brycinus macrolepidotus | Alestiidae | pelagic | 65 TL | 2.3 | native |
| Brycinus nurse | Alestiidae | pelagic | 25 TL | 2.4 | native |
| Distichodus niloticus | Citharinidae | pelagic | 83 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Gymnarchus niloticus | Gymnarchidae | demersal | 204 TL | 3.7 | native |
| Heterotis niloticus | Osteoglossidae | demersal | 120 TL | 3.0 | native |
| Hydrocynus forskalii | Alestiidae | pelagic | 96 TL | 4.0 | native |
| Hydrocynus vittatus | Alestiidae | demersal | 117 TL | 4.5 | native |
| Micralestes elongatus | Alestiidae | pelagic | 6 TL | 3.3 | native |
| Mormyrus kannume | Mormyridae | demersal | 122 TL | 3.2 | native |
| Oreochromis niloticus niloticus | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 74 TL | 2.0 | native |
| Oreochromis niloticus vulcani | Cichlidae | benthopelagic | 32 TL | 2.9 | native |
| Polypterus bichir bichir | Polypteridae | demersal | 68 TL | 4.5 | native |
| Polypterus senegalus senegalus | Polypteridae | demersal | 51 TL | 3.5 | native |
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