Occurrence | introduced | ||
Importance | Ref. | ||
Aquaculture | commercial | Ref. | FAO Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Service, 1993 |
Regulations | Ref. | ||
Freshwater | Yes | ||
Brackish | No | ||
Saltwater | No | ||
Live export | |||
Bait | No | ||
Gamefish | Yes | ||
Abundance | Ref. | ||
Comments |
Introduced, well established and self-sustaining in streams all over the Aberdare Mountains, Mount Kenya and Mount Elgon (Ref. 52331), thus the upper reaches of the Athi-Galana-Sabaki drainage (Ref. 30558). It was first introduced into Kenya in 1910 from South Africa (Ref. 1739, 52331) and U.K. for angling and aquaculture (Ref. 52331). Also Ref. 7306. |
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States/Provinces Complete? | No | ||
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Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ke.html |