Lake Tanganyika sardine
| Lake Tanganyika sardine | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Clupeidae |
| Subfamily: | Pellonulinae |
| Genus: | Limnothrissa Regan, 1917 |
| Species: | L. miodon |
| Binomial name | |
| Limnothrissa miodon (Boulenger, 1906) | |
The Lake Tanganyika sardine (Limnothrissa miodon) is a species of fish in the Clupeidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Limnothrissa. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It and the Lake Tanganyika sprat are known collectively at kapenta.
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References
- Ntakimazi, G. 2005. Limnothrissa miodon. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
External links
- FishBase
- Marine Incursion: The Freshwater Herring of Lake Tanganyika Are the Product of a Marine Invasion into West Africa
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