Oreochromis_saka

<i>Oreochromis saka</i>

Oreochromis saka

Species of fish

Oreochromis saka is a species of cichlid fish that is endemic to Lake Malawi and Lake Malombe in East Africa where it inhabits relatively shallow coastal areas.[1][2] It can reach a standard length of 36 cm (14 in).[1] It is part of the subgenus Nyasalapia, which are known as chambo. The validity of this species is questionable and a taxonomic review recommended that it should be considered a synonym of O. karongae (the two only differ by pharyngeal bones and teeth).[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Oreochromis saka" in FishBase. April 2017 version.
  2. [2]
    Konings, Ad (1990). Ad Konings' Book of Cichlids and all the other Fishes of Lake Malawi, p. 344. ISBN 978-0866225274.
  3. [3]
    Turner, G.F.; and R.L. Robinson (1991). Ecology, morphology and taxonomy of the Lake Malawi Oreochromis (Nyasalapia) species flock. Annales de la Musée royal de l'Afrique Centrale (Tervuren) 262: 23-28.


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