Common names: Ihere, Kihorno, Mahere
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref:
Importance: highly commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Present in the upper Nile basin: native in at least Albert and Edward; introduced to Lakes Victoria and Kyoga where it contributed to the collapse of the native fisheries. Forms a basis of the fisheries of both lakes. Also Ref. 12228.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ug.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://isp.msu.edu/AfricanStudies/Plea/firi.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Trewavas, E., 1983
National Database: