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🇹🇿 Fish of Tanzania

15 fish from Tanzania, best known first.

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Fish places in Tanzania

Lake Tanganyika

🇺🇬 Uganda and 2 moreSilver cyprinid A small pelagic fish from Lake Victoria that supports regional food security.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇹🇿 Tanzania and 2 moreSleek lates A freshwater perch found only in Lake Tanganyika, valued by local fisheries.Other · Rivers and lakes 🇲🇼 Malawi and 2 moreLake Malawi sardine Small freshwater fish endemic to Lake MalawiOther · Rivers and lakes

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Silver cyprinid: Boulenger, George Albert; Loat, L., Public domain, source
Sleek lates: Fundi49, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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