Common names:
Mputa
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
freshwater
Abundance:
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Importance:
highly commercial
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Introduced to Lake Victoria to feed on abundant but unexploited small size haplochromines, to convert them into larger table fish (Ref. 7270). Introduction to Lake Victoria virtually eliminated numerous unique cichlids in the area and has been the subject of many debates (Ref. 1739).Used to be present also in satellite lakes Bisina (stocked in the early 1970s) and Nawampasa (following extensive flooding), but surveys in 2009 and 2010 did not uncover any specimens (Ref. 125996).
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ug.html
National Fisheries Authority:
http://isp.msu.edu/AfricanStudies/Plea/firi.htm
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Moreau, J., 1982
National Database:
Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangaria/misc (Various families in series Carangaria) > Latidae (Lates perches)
Etymology: Lates:Latin, lateo, latere = to be hidden. More on author: Linnaeus.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 10 - 60 m (Ref. 34290). Tropical; 27°N - 7°S
Distribution
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