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    Occurrence Mar 8, 2019

    Oreochromis leucostictus (Trewavas, 1933)

    UgandaKaseseBusongoraL.Katwe
    Nyamusagani Inshore

    Record

    Dataset
    Fish species occurrences from selected near shore and riverine habitats in Lake Edward (2019)
    Basis of record
    Human observation
    Scientific name
    Oreochromis leucostictus (Trewavas, 1933)
    Altered
    Oreochromis leucostictus
    original
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Chordata
    Order
    Perciformes
    Altered
    Cichliformes
    original
    Family
    Cichlidae
    Genus
    Oreochromis
    Vernacular name
    Blue spotted tilapia
    Taxonomic status
    Accepted
    Inferred
    Scientific name authorship
    (Trewavas, 1933)
    Type status
    Identified by
    • Laban Musinguzi, Monic Nsega

    Location

    Continent
    Africa
    Country or area
    Uganda
    Water body
    Lake Edward
    Locality
    Nyamusagani Inshore
    Location remarks
    At the river mouth of Nyamusagani river with sandy bottom
    Decimal latitude
    -0.174
    Decimal longitude
    29.836
    Geodetic datum
    WGS84
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84Inferred
    Location according to GADM
    UgandaKaseseBusongoraL.Katwe
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    Occurrence

    Occurrence ID
    RS_NaFIRRI_15620
    Individual count
    1
    Organism quantity
    58
    Organism quantity type
    weight (grams)
    Sex
    Occurrence status
    Present
    Occurrence status inferred from individual countInferred
    Event date
    2019-03-08
    Habitat
    Lake
    Sampling protocol
    • At each station, three fleets of multifilament gill nets of mesh sizes ranging from 1 to 8 inches were set parallel to the shoreline either 0-100 m distance from the shoreline (inshore), 100 m and 200 m from the 1st fleet (middle) and 300m away from the last fleet (offshore)

    Other

    Record licence
    CC BY-NC 4.0
    Inferred
    Institution code
    NaFIRRI/National Fisheries Resources Research Institute
    Identifier
    RS_NaFIRRI_15620
    GBIF ID
    2642965379

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    Citation

    Please use this citation in publications
    Musinguzi L, Nsega M, Nkalubo W, Nakiyende H (2020). Fish species occurrences from selected near shore and riverine habitats in Lake Edward (2019). Version 1.2. National Fisheries Resources Research Institute. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/rkv45e accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-02-22. https://gbif.org/occurrence/2642965379
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    Dataset
    Fish species occurrences from selected near shore and riverine habitats in Lake Edward (2019)
    Publisher
    National Fisheries Resources Research Institute
    Last crawled
    2025-01-23T08:46:09.646