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    The Lake Tanganyika sardine (Limnothrissa miodon) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Dorosomatidae which was endemic to Lake Tanganyika but...
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    the Lake Tanganyika sardine (Limnothrissa miodon) The sardine is referred to locally as 'Ndagala' or 'Isambaza'. The exploitable stock of the Lake Tanganyika...
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    Kapenta (redirect from Tanganyika sardine)
    The Tanganyika sardine is a term for two related species (Lake Tanganyika sardine, Limnothrissa miodon and Lake Tanganyika sprat, Stolothrissa tanganicae)...
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  • Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It and the Lake Tanganyika sardine are known collectively as kapenta. Ntakimazi, G. (2006)...
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  • Sardinops Lake Tanganyika sardine Black Sea sprat European sprat, aka Brisling sardine Other fish-related topics: Sardine run Sardines (food) Canned sardine Sardine...
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    Lake Tanganyika (/ˌtæŋɡənˈjiːkə, -ɡæn-/; Kirundi : Ikiyaga ca Tanganyika) is an African Great Lake. It is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world...
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    are also freshwater pelagic fish in some of the larger lakes, such as the Lake Tanganyika sardine. Epipelagic fish inhabit the epipelagic zone, the uppermost...
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    the lake bed. As a result, the ecology of Lake Kariba is vibrant. A number of fish species have been introduced to the lake, notably the sardine-like...
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    abundant species of cichlid in Lake Malawi. The specific name references the clupeid Limnothrissa miodon, the Lake Tanganyika sardine, to which this species bears...
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    country. The lake is about 350 kilometres (220 mi) southeast of Lake Tanganyika, another of the great lakes of the East African Rift. The Lake Malawi National...
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    second-largest lake in the Congo's drainage basin and is located 150 kilometres (93 mi) west of the southern end of the largest, Lake Tanganyika. The Luapula...
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  • stolifera) Lake Tanganyika sardine (Limnothrissa miodon) Royal sprat (Microthrissa royauxi) Microthrissa whiteheadi Minyclupeoides dentibranchialus Lake Tumba...
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    known as the herring cichlids or sardine cichlids, since they form large schools in the open water of Lake Tanganyika. Of the known species, only C. microlepidotus...
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    percent) and the native Lake Victoria sardine (30 percent). Because of its small size, the abundant open-water Lake Victoria sardine only supported minor...
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    Malagarasi River (category Tributaries of Lake Tanganyika)
    empties into the eastern side of Lake Tanganyika about 25 miles (40 km) south of Kigoma, near Ilagala. It is one of the lake's primary inflows. Moyowosi River...
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    Bathybates (category Fish of Lake Tanganyika)
    cichlids endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. The genus includes both pelagic species that mainly feed on Tanganyika sardines and benthic species...
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    Rhamphochromis (category Fish of Lake Malawi)
    species also near the coast. They are piscivores that typically feed on lake sardines and small utaka cichlids. They are elongated in shape and mainly silver...
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    district. There are two large lakes in the area, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Rukwa. Other smaller lakes and rivers exist. Sardines, tilapia, nile perch, mud...
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    (sour milk), commonly known as "lacto" (mukaka wakakora), or dried Tanganyika sardine, known locally as kapenta or matemba. Bota is a thinner porridge,...
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    Limnology and Oceanography 35:1631-1637. [2]. Eccles, D.H. (1985). Lake flies and sardines—A cautionary note. Biological Conservation 33(4): 309–333. doi:10...
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    sardines in the area include sun drying, frying, and, in rare instances, smoking. When compared to sardines from other regions, Mara Region sardines (dagaa)...
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    America in total. Along with Lake Tanganyika, Lake Malawi contains a larger number of endemic species than any other freshwater lake in the world. The majority...
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    in southern and western Africa, for example Limnothrissa miodon in Lake Tanganyika and Potamothrissa acuitirostris in the Congo Basin. Molecular phylogenetic...
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    plantain, and chicken "One Man Thousand": cooked shrimp and fried Tanganyika sardine Ghanaian Kɔkɔ a y'atoto (nickname: Kofi Broke Man) charcoal-roasted...
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    has become a fish-eater). There is a diverse range of cichilds in Lake Tanganyika in East Africa but the Tanganyikan cichlid tribes, Perissodini and...
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    Samp is also eaten in Zambia. Kapenta, a small sardine from Lake Tanganyika, has been introduced in lakes in Zambia. The fish is caught and dried to be...
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    longest river in Tabora Region is the Ugalla River which feeds in to the lake Tanganyika drainage basin. Other major rivers in Tabora territory are the Malagarasi...
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  • Lake Tanganyika cichlids...
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    can go to these bakeries to buy them. They are served alongside cheese, sardines or a bright red sausage that residents of the area occasionally refer to...
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    functional anatomy, development and a genetic locus for jaw laterality in Lake Tanganyika scale-eating cichlids". BMC Biology. 8 (1): 8. doi:10.1186/1741-7007-8-8...
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