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The cichlid Haplochromis thereuterion is endemic to Lake Victoria.. In 1927-1928 Michael Graham conducted the first ever systematic Fisheries Survey of Lake Victoria.The dominant species in the 1927–8 survey catches were two, now critically endangered tilapia species, the 'Ngege' or Singida tilapia (Oreochromis esculentus) and Victoria tilapia (O. variabilis).
Engraulicypris argenteus (Pellegrin, 1904) The silver cyprinid (Rastrineobola argentea) also known as the Lake Victoria sardine, mukene, and omena (native language), dagaa (Swahili) is a species of pelagic, freshwater ray-finned fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae from East Africa. It is the only member of the genus Rastrineobola.
Lake Victoria formerly was very rich in fish, including many endemics, but a high percentage of these became extinct since the 1940s. [38] The main group in Lake Victoria is the haplochromine cichlids (Haplochromis sensu lato) with more than 500 species, almost all endemic, [22] [39] [40] and including an estimated 300 that still are ...
The Nile perch (Lates niloticus), also known as the African snook, Goliath perch, African barramundi, Goliath barramundi, Giant lates or the Victoria perch, is a species of freshwater fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes. It is widespread throughout much of the Afrotropical realm, being native to the Congo, Nile, Senegal, Niger and Lake ...
Xenobarbus loveridgei. Categories: Lake fish of Africa. Fish by lake. Freshwater fish of Uganda. Freshwater fish of Kenya. Freshwater fish of Tanzania.
Haplochromis. Haplochromis is a ray-finned fish genus in the family Cichlidae. It has been used as the default "wastebin taxon" for Pseudocrenilabrinae cichlids of the East African Rift, and as such became the "largest" fish "genus". Many of these cichlids are popular aquarium fishes; like similar Haplochromini they are known as "haplos ...
Oreochromis variabilis, the Victoria tilapia, is a species of African cichlid native to Lake Victoria and its tributaries, Lake Kyoga, Lake Kwania, and Lake Bisina (Salisbury), as well as being found in the Victoria Nile above Murchison Falls. This species can reach a standard length of 30 cm (12 in). This species is important to local ...
Fisheries Survey of Lake Victoria. Lake Victoria supports Africa 's largest inland fishery, with the majority of present catch being the invasive Nile perch, introduced to the Lake in the 1950s. [1] Prior to the introduction of Nile perch as well as Nile tilapia, the fish community was very different and consisted mainly of 'Ngege ...