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There are 175 species of fish in Ethiopia.[1] Forty of these species are endemic found only in Ethiopia. [2]

Fish found in Ethiopia:

There have been attempts to introduce species of fish in crater lakes that are isolated from the rivers of Ethiopia, successful at Babogaya just outside Debre Zeyit (Bishoftu) and unsuccessful at Burree Waqa near Meti.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Freshwater fish of Ethiopia". Mongabay.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Ethiopia Endemic Freshwater Fish Checklist". 1ntreasures.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  3. ^ Unseth, Peter. 2003. Burree Waaqa, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica vol. 1, pp. 649, edited by Siegbert Uhlig. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
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