The open water expanses of the lake have been occupied mainly by two species of clupeids, as well as by Eutropius niloticus and Physailia pellucida.
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Clupeid
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Noun(1 words)
clupeid fish
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2 entriesmalacopterygiansoft-finned fish
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In the pelagic zone of Lake Tanganyika, the endemic clupeids are planktivores which migrate surfacewards at night (cf. marine clupeids, p. 227).
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Although most marine fishes studied thus far cannot detect sound frequencies above about 500 Hz, at least some clupeids can detect considerably higher frequencies.
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