Table 3. Abundance of fish species in each mesohabitat of selected streams in the upper River Awash

Species S1 S2 S3 S4 S5
Pool Riffle Pool Riffle Pool Riffle Pool Riffle Pool Riffle
Garra dembecha 120 150 98 77 89 150 160 220 25 12
Garra quadrimaculata 59 98 62 51 28 55 62 79 12 4
Garra makiensis 2 31 3 3 27 12
Oreochromis niloticus 2 1
Cyprinus carpio 6 2
Clarias gariepinus 2
Labeobarbus beso 4 2 12 10 18 30 4 2
Total number of fish/site 466 288 356 615 59
S1, Site 1; S2, Site 2; S3, Site 3; S4, Site 4; S5, Site 5.