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| image = A fish known locally as the "migebuka" is a main species caught in Africa's Lake Tanganyika.jpg |
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| status = LC |
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| status_system = IUCN3.1 |
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| status_ref = <ref>Ntakimazi, G. 2006 |
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Ntakimazi, G. |date=2006 |title=''Lates stappersii'' |volume=2006 |page=e.T60839A12417072 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60839A12417072.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> |
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| taxon = Lates stappersii |
| taxon = Lates stappersii |
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| authority = ([[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1914) |
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The '''sleek lates''' ('''''Lates stappersi''''') is a species of [[lates perch]] [[endemism|endemic]] to [[Lake Tanganyika]]. It is locally known as ''Mikebuka'' ([[Tanzania]]) or ''Mukeke'' ([[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] and [[Burundi]]). This species can reach a length of {{convert|45|cm|in}} [[fish measurement|SL]]. It is very important to local [[commercial fisheries]].<ref>{{FishBase |genus= Lates|species= stappersii| month = December | year = 2013}}</ref> |
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==References== |
Revision as of 09:30, 18 August 2023
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Carangiformes |
Family: | Latidae |
Genus: | Lates |
Species: | L. stappersii
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Binomial name | |
Lates stappersii (Boulenger, 1914)
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The sleek lates (Lates stappersi) is a species of lates perch endemic to Lake Tanganyika. It is locally known as Mikebuka (Tanzania) or Mukeke (Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi). This species can reach a length of 45 centimetres (18 in) SL. It is very important to local commercial fisheries.[2]
References
- ^ Ntakimazi, G. (2006). "Lates stappersii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60839A12417072. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60839A12417072.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lates stappersii". FishBase. December 2013 version.