Lake Tanganyika sprat
| Lake Tanganyika sprat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Dorosomatidae |
| Genus: | Stolothrissa Regan, 1917 |
| Species: | S. tanganicae
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| Binomial name | |
| Stolothrissa tanganicae Regan, 1917
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The Lake Tanganyika sprat (Stolothrissa tanganicae) is a species of fish in the family Dorosomatidae. It is monotypic within the genus Stolothrissa. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It and the Lake Tanganyika sardine are known collectively as kapenta.
References
[edit]- ^ Ntakimazi, G. (2006). "Stolothrissa tanganicae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60752A12405999. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60752A12405999.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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