| LarvalBase | FishBase |
| Country | ABB | Status | Main Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | BEN | native | 81285 |
| Burkina Faso | BFA | native | 81285 |
| Cameroon | CMR | native | 81285 |
| Central Afr. Rp | CAF | native | 81285 |
| Chad | TCD | native | 81285 |
| Congo | COG | introduced | 13686 |
| Cuba | CUB | introduced | 1739 |
| Egypt | EGY | native | 3799 |
| Ethiopia | ETH | native | 58460 |
| Ghana | GHA | native | 30488 |
| Guinea | GIN | native | 81285 |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB | native | 13331 |
| Ivory coast | CIV | native | 81285 |
| Kenya | KEN | native | 52331 |
| Liberia | LBR | native | 13331 |
| Mali | MLI | native | 81285 |
| Mauritania | MRT | native | 81285 |
| Morocco | MAR | not established | 5156 |
| Niger | NER | native | 81285 |
| Nigeria | NGA | native | 81285 |
| Senegal | SEN | native | 81285 |
| Sierra Leone | SLE | native | 81285 |
| South Sudan | SSD | native | 28714 |
| Sudan | SDN | native | 120561 |
| Tanzania | TZA | introduced | 4967 |
| Togo | TGO | native | 81285 |
| Uganda | UGA | native | 5156 |