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The '''Tanganyika sardine''', is known as '''kapenta''' in [[Zambia]] and [[Zimbabwe]] (a related but different fish known as '''dagaa''' or '''ndaga''' is ''Rastrineobola argentea''). Kapenta is really two species ([[Lake Tanganyika sardine]], ''Limnothrissa miodon'' and [[Lake Tanganyika sprat]], ''Stolothrissa tanganicae''), both of which are small, [[planktivorous]], [[pelagic fish|pelagic]], freshwater [[clupeid]] originating from [[Lake Tanganyika]] in [[Zambia]]. They form the major biomass of pelagic fish in Lake Tanganyika, swimming in large schools in the open lake, feeding on copepods and potentially jellyfish. Their major predators are four species of ''[[Lates]]'' which are also endemic to Lake Tanganyika, and are related to (but not the same as) the [[Nile perch]] in [[Lake Victoria]]. All of these pelagic fish have suffered from [[overfishing]] in the last two decades. | The '''Tanganyika sardine''', is known as '''kapenta''' in [[Zambia]] and [[Zimbabwe]] (a related but different fish known as '''dagaa''' or '''ndaga''' is ''Rastrineobola argentea''). Kapenta is really two species ([[Lake Tanganyika sardine]], ''Limnothrissa miodon'' and [[Lake Tanganyika sprat]], ''Stolothrissa tanganicae''), both of which are small, [[planktivorous]], [[pelagic fish|pelagic]], freshwater [[clupeid]] originating from [[Lake Tanganyika]] in [[Zambia]]. They form the major biomass of pelagic fish in Lake Tanganyika, swimming in large schools in the open lake, feeding on copepods and potentially jellyfish. Their major predators are four species of ''[[Lates]]'' which are also endemic to Lake Tanganyika, and are related to (but not the same as) the [[Nile perch]] in [[Lake Victoria]]. All of these pelagic fish have suffered from [[overfishing]] in the last two decades. | ||
