- Lake Tanganyika sardine
Taxobox
name = Lake Tanganyika sardine
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Clupeiformes
familia =Clupeidae
genus = "Limnothrissa"
species = "L. miodon"
binomial = "Limnothrissa miodon"
binomial_authority = Boulenger, 1906
synonyms = The Lake Tanganyika sardine ("Limnothrissa miodon") is a species offish in theClupeidae family. It ismonotypic within the genus "Limnothrissa". It is found inBurundi , theDemocratic Republic of the Congo ,Mozambique ,Rwanda ,Tanzania ,Zambia , andZimbabwe . Its naturalhabitat is freshwaterlake s. It and theLake Tanganyika sprat are known collectively atkapenta .References
* Ntakimazi, G. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/60754/all Limnothrissa miodon] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on
04 August 2007 .External links
* [http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=1550&genusname=Limnothrissa&speciesname=miodon FishBase]
* [http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0001979 Marine Incursion: The Freshwater Herring of Lake Tanganyika Are the Product of a Marine Invasion into West Africa]
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