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International Introductions of
Astatoreochromis alluaudi Introductions as compiled by FAO |
| Main Ref: | FAO 1997 | ||||
| To: | Congo | ||||
| FAO area: | Africa-Inland Waters | ||||
| From: | Uganda | ||||
| FAO area: | Africa-Inland Waters | ||||
| Year: | |||||
| Range: | 1960 - 1970 | ||||
| Period: | 1950-1974 | ||||
| Established in the wild: | probably not established, | ||||
| Established in aquaculture: | - | ||||
| Significant ecological interactions: | unknown - | ||||
| Significant socio-economic effects: | unknown - | ||||
| Introduced by: | international organization | ||||
| Reason: | snail control | ||||
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| Comments: | The species has been introduced to fight against the mollusk (source of bilharzia). The results being inefficient, the introduction was abandoned. Successful in that snail populations have been reduced by 64-98%. Also Ref. 13364. Ref: Jhingran, V.G. and V. Gopalakrishnan, 1974 | ||||
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