The Tanganyika sardine, known as Kapenta in Zambia and Zimbabwe or Dagaa or Ndgaa elsewhere, is really two species (Lake Tanganyika sardine Limnothrissa miodon and Lake Tanganyika sprat Stolothrissa tanganicae) both of which are small, planktivorous, pelagic, freshwater clupeid originating from Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. The Republic of Zambia (ˈzæmbɪə is a Landlocked country in Southern Africa. See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election UserPolbot. -->The Lake Tanganyika sardine ( Limnothrissa miodon) is a species of Fish in the Clupeidae UserPolbot. -->The Lake Tanganyika sprat ( Stolothrissa tanganicae) is a species of Fish in the Any water in the sea that is not close to the bottom is in the pelagic zone. Freshwater is a word that refers to bodies of water such as Ponds lakes rivers and streams containing low concentrations of dissolved Salts and other Total dissolved Clupeidae is the family of the Herrings Shads Sardines Hilsa and Menhadens It includes many of the most important Food fishes Lake Tanganyika is a large Lake in central Africa (3° 20' to 8° 48' South and from 29° 5' to 31° 15' East East Africa is the Easternmost Region of the African Continent. They form the major biomass of pelagic fish in Lake Tanganyika, swimming in large schools in the open lake, feeding on copepods and potentially jellyfish. Their major predators are four species of Lates which are also endemic to Lake Tanganyika, and are related to (but not the same as) the Nile Perch in Lake Victoria. Lates is a Genus of Freshwater and marine Fish in the family Latidae of the order Perciformes The Nile perch ( Lates niloticus) is a Species of Freshwater Fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza (also known as Ukerewe and Nalubaale) is one of the Great Lakes of Africa. All of these pelagic fish have suffered from overfishing in the last two decades.
Limnothrissa miodon has been successfully introduced in both natural and artificial African lakes. Large kapenta fisheries now take place in the Lake Kariba (Zambia/Zimbabwe) and Cahora Bassa (Mozambique). Lake Kariba is a large man-made Lake and reservoir located on the Zambezi river about halfway between The Republic of Zambia (ˈzæmbɪə is a Landlocked country in Southern Africa. See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election The Cahora Bassa lake is Africa 's second-largest artificial lake situated in the Tete Province in Mozambique. Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique (Moçambique or República de Moçambique, ʁɛ'publikɐ d musɐ̃'bik is a country in southeastern Africa
This fish is caught at night using lights to attract it. A dip net generally about six meters in diameter is used to bring the fish up from anything from 40 meters (130 ft). It is then salted at a ratio normally of 2. 5 kg per 30 kg (1 lb per 12 lb) of fish, and dried in the hot Zambezi Vally sun. It is hugely important staple, providing refrigeration-free protein to people of Africa. A cup of dried kapenta will feed a family.
It is an important bait fish for the Tigerfish (Alestiidae family) and although introduced in Kariba and Cahora Bassa, does not seem to have harmed the environment. Tigerfish is the common name for a variety of species from several different families of Fish, usually on account of their colouration or otherwise fearsome appearance
An important contributor to the economies of the areas it is caught in.
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