Common names: Mpono
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Vakily, J.M., 1989
Importance: highly commercial | Ref: Vakily, J.M., 1989
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref: Vakily, J.M., 1989
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the rivers Ruindi (Ref. 51686, 41590), Semliki and Lunyasenge River (Ref. 47905). In the Lukuga River (Lake Tanganyika outflow), known from the Kisimba-Kilia rapids (Ref. 93587). Considered one of the main predators in Lake Edward; mostly caught with bottom-set gill nets (Ref. 13302). Second most important food fish in the Zairean fisheries of Lake Edward (= Lake Idi Amin), where total annual production in 1988 (for Zaire only) was estimated at 1,600 t (Ref. 13302).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Vakily, J.M., 1989
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