Common names: Usipa
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Importance: highly commercial | Ref: Eccles, D.H., 1992
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Occur throughout Lake Nyasa. Appears to be truly pelagic, with larvae found in nearly all samples of plankton. A pelagic plankton-feeding species which supports a large commercial fishery that recently developed in Malawi. A major food species for Opsaridium and Rhamphochromis. Shows great variations in abundance, but high fecundity enables population to develop rapidly from low levels (Ref. 4967). Also Ref. 54530.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.isp.msu.edu/AFRICANSTUDIES/PLEA/TAFIRI.HTM
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Eccles, D.H., 1992
National Database: