Limnothrissa
1 species
The Lake Tanganyika sardine (Limnothrissa miodon) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Dorosomatidae which was endemic to Lake Tanganyika but which has now been introduced to other lakes in Africa as a food source. It is monotypic within the genus Limnothrissa. It and the Lake Tanganyika sprat are known collectively as kapenta.
As its name suggests the Lake Tanganyika sardine was endemic to Lake Tanganyika extending into the lower reaches of the Malagarasi River. It was introduced to Lake Kivu in Rwanda in 1959 and the man-made Lake Kariba in the Zambezi valley between Zambia and Zimbabwe, and more recently into the Itezhi-Tezhi Dam in Zambia. It has colonised Cahora Bassa lake in Mozambique from Lake Kariba - the fish have survived transit through the hydro-electric turbines in the Kariba Dam and made their way downstream, colonising Cahora Bassa.
The Lake Tanganyika sardine (Limnothrissa miodon) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Dorosomatidae which was endemic to Lake Tanganyika but which has now been introduced to other lakes in Africa as a food source. It is monotypic within the genus Limnothrissa. It and the Lake Tanganyika sprat are known collectively as kapenta.
As its name suggests the Lake Tanganyika sardine was endemic to Lake Tanganyika extending into the lower reaches of the Malagarasi River. It was introduced to Lake Kivu in Rwanda in 1959 and the man-made Lake Kariba in the Zambezi valley between Zambia and Zimbabwe, and more recently into the Itezhi-Tezhi Dam in Zambia. It has colonised Cahora Bassa lake in Mozambique from Lake Kariba - the fish have survived transit through the hydro-electric turbines in the Kariba Dam and made their way downstream, colonising Cahora Bassa.
