List of African fish that aren't lake Cichlids?

[Fallen_Leaves16]

A few Mastacembelus species may fit the bill, although I can't accurately name the species. All I know is that, as Deadeye pointed out, is that there is a species of Lake Tangayikan (did I spell that right? Probably not) spiny eel; pretty rare and expensive though, and Blind Congo Spiny Eels, but those are also very difficult to find. I think Greshoffi and Frenatus may also be African spinys, but I'm not completely sure. I know that there is at least one species of algae-eating African goby, and my LFS did get some weird Garra-Syno-hybrid-looking thing that was supposedly an African import; it seemed to consume algae as well. Hmm. Do Madagascar-based fish count?

 

[fishguy1978]

Nanochromis sp.
These are N. Splendens. Male is 3in and female is 2in (ish for measurements).

 

[TwoTankAmin]

I have soft neutral water. The only African Fish I have kept were a gift many years back, I wanted to watch mouth breeding in action and a very kind gent gave me a pair of Pseudocrenilabrus nicholsi. inch for inch they are one of the nastier african cichlids. The male is relentless in chasing the female even after she is holding. He needs to be removed. She will eat her own fry within a few days of spitting them out. So they or she needs to be moved. I stripped her the second time she was holding.
https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/pseudocrenilabrus-nicholsi/

I eventually gave the offspring away, The male killed the female and I used an offspring to replace her. Then the male got caught in a mass of Java fern roots and died there. So out they all went.

 

[Omrit]

A few Mastacembelus species may fit the bill, although I can't accurately name the species. All I know is that, as Deadeye pointed out, is that there is a species of Lake Tangayikan (did I spell that right? Probably not) spiny eel; pretty rare and expensive though, and Blind Congo Spiny Eels, but those are also very difficult to find. I think Greshoffi and Frenatus may also be African spinys, but I'm not completely sure. I know that there is at least one species of algae-eating African goby, and my LFS did get some weird Garra-Syno-hybrid-looking thing that was supposedly an African import; it seemed to consume algae as well. Hmm. Do Madagascar-based fish count?

I would say yes Madahascar counts.


Those Lake Tanganyikan eels are pretty cool, but you are right they are super expensive. That blind eel is also horrifying, and I imagine expensive.

 

[PhishMon84]

I think the tang eel is M Elipsifer. i had one, pretty fish grew a bit over a foot.