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    Occurrence Mar 8, 2019

    Oreochromis leucostictus

    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

    Taxon

    Scientific name
    Oreochromis leucostictus
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Chordata
    Class
    Actinopterygii
    Order
    Cichliformes
    Family
    Cichlidae
    Genus
    Oreochromis
    Specific epithet
    leucostictus
    Rank
    Species
    Vernacular name
    Blue spotted tilapia
    Scientific name authorship
    (Trewavas, 1933)
    GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

    Oreochromis leucostictus (Trewavas, 1933)

    KingdomAnimaliaPhylumChordataOrderPerciformesFamilyCichlidaeGenusOreochromisSpeciesOreochromis leucostictus
    Catalogue of Life

    Oreochromis leucostictus (Trewavas, 1933)

    DomainEukaryotaKingdomAnimaliaPhylumChordataSubphylumVertebrataInfraphylumGnathostomataParvphylumOsteichthyesClassActinopterygiiOrderPerciformesFamilyCichlidaeGenusOreochromisSpeciesOreochromis leucostictus
    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 2025-07-12. 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
    2025-07-03T20:10:40.511