Jun 26, 2019 · Akim mainly targets Chambo fish and surprisingly caught Mpasa fish of about 20 inches long after a decade of disappearance.

The lake salmon or mpasa (Opsaridium microlepis) is an African species of freshwater fish, endemic to Lake Malawi, in the family Danionidae found in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes .

Jun 30, 2023 · His catch was a large salmon-like fish called mpasa (Opsaridium microlepis). In the early 2000s, he and his friends would probe Malawi’s protected Bua River in Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve. They would kill the meaty fish as they attempted to spawn.

Apr 29, 2024 · Mpasa is an African species of freshwater fish, endemic to Lake Malawi, in the family Cyprinidae found in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes and is a prized fish that holds cultural and economic significance to…

Mar 3, 2019 · The mpasa is neither salmon nor a fulltime lake species. It’s a drab fish that, like salmon, makes its way from Lake Malawi upstream in the rivers to lay its eggs—an evolutionary adaptation that is dependent on a healthy riparian habitat.

Jan 1, 1983 · Observations on the breeding behaviour of mpasa, a commercially valuable cyprinid endemic to Lake Malawi, were conducted in the Bua and North Rukuru Rivers. The spawning run takes place over an...

The Lake Salmon (Opsaridium microlepis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes.

Apr 18, 2009 · Mpasa can be distinguished from their close relative in Lake Malawi, the "Sanjika," by having much smaller scales (80 or more in the lateral line, versus 47-52 in the Sanjika). Moreover, adult Mpasa lose the vertical dark bars of juveniles, becoming plain silvery.

The lake salmon or mpasa (Opsaridium microlepis) is an African species of freshwater fish, endemic to Lake Malawi, in the Cyprinidae family found in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes.

Résumé Research Application Summary The dwindling catches of the fish Opsaridium microlepis (locally called mpasa) from the Linthipe river in Malawi is of great concern. This is especially so given that the species has disappeared from some other river systems in Malawi.