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Migration

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Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
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Pascualita Sa-a
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Trophic Strategy

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Occurs in shallow coastal waters over sand. Feeds on a wide range of prey, including the larvae of Chaoborus.
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Drina Sta. Iglesia
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Biology

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In Lake Victoria in shallow, coastal waters particularly where bottom is sandy (Ref. 4903). In Lake Kyoga it frequents areas overgrown by water lilies (Ref. 49805). Feeds on chironomid larvae, and to lesser extent on Trichoptera, Gastropoda (Ref. 12526). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Males grow to larger size than females; breeds twice a year, during the rainy seasons; migrates up the river to spawn (Ref. 10608).
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Importance

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fisheries: minor commercial
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Graham's stonebasher

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Graham's stonebasher (Hippopotamyrus grahami) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. It is found in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and inland deltas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ FishBase team RMCA.; Geelhand, D. (2016). "Hippopotamyrus grahami". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T60357A47184805. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60357A47184805.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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Graham's stonebasher: Brief Summary

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Graham's stonebasher (Hippopotamyrus grahami) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. It is found in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and inland deltas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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