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The introduced Oreochromis niloticus is spreading on the Kaufe floodplain, Zambia

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The Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, escaped from a fish farm in Mazabuka, probably in 1987, and was found in September 1992 on a 75 km stretch of the river, mainly downstream from the site of release. In most areas, except near Mazabuka, O. niloticus was relatively uncommon and so far does not seem to have hybridized with the local tilapias.

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  1. Department of Fisheries, P.O. Box 350 100, Chilanga, Zambia

    Erkki J. Schwanck

  2. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 50007, 104 05, Stockholm, Sweden

    Erkki J. Schwanck

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Schwanck, E.J. The introduced Oreochromis niloticus is spreading on the Kaufe floodplain, Zambia. Hydrobiologia 315, 143–147 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00033626

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