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Lake Victoria formerly was very rich in fish, including many endemics, but a high percentage of these became extinct since the 1940s. [39] The main group in Lake Victoria is the haplochromine cichlids (Haplochromis sensu lato) with more than 500 species, almost all endemic, [23] [40] [41] and including an estimated 300 that still are ...
Lake Victoria is a 139-hectare (340-acre) shallow saline lake on the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria in Australia, close to the township of Point Lonsdale and part of the Lonsdale Lakes Nature Reserve administered by Parks Victoria.
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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).
During his survey of Lake Victoria, Michael Graham recorded fifty-eight species of Haplochromis including many new species. [2] While Graham regretted that the enormous haplochromine population was not really 'useful', he warned against introduction of a large predator that could convert these small fish – which the colonial fisheries officers called trash fish – into large fish that could ...
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Pages in category "Fish of Lake Victoria" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * Mbipia; Neochromis;
Pages in category "Tributaries of Lake Victoria" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G. Gucha River; K.