Freshwater ecoregion · Africa · river & basin
Upper Nile
5 species in the atlas are recorded from this freshwater ecoregion. It sits within The Nile System.
Ecoregion boundaries follow the Freshwater Ecoregions of the World (FEOW) framework; species are placed here from the documented range in each species profile.
Where these cichlids live
2,213 georeferenced records of this ecoregion's cichlids (GBIF + type localities; sampled). Click a point for the species.
Cichlids recorded here
Oreochromis · 2
- Oreochromis leucostictus · Blue-spotted Tilapia
- Oreochromis niloticus · Nile mouthbreeder
Pseudocrenilabrus · 1
- Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor · Egyptian mouthbrooder