Animalia > Chordata > Clupeiformes > Clupeidae > Stolothrissa > Stolothrissa tanganicae

Stolothrissa tanganicae (Lake Tanganyika sprat)

Synonyms: Stolothrissa tanganyicae
Language: Bemba; Danish; Mandarin Chinese; Other; Rundi; Swahili; Swedish

Wikipedia Abstract

The Lake Tanganyika sprat (Stolothrissa tanganicae) is a species of fish in the Clupeidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Stolothrissa. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It and the Lake Tanganyika sardine are known collectively as kapenta.
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Predators

Lates stappersii (Sleek lates)[1]

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♦ 1Sarah Close and Catherine O’Reilly, (2005): Nutrient dynamics of Lake Tanganyika University of Arizona
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0