Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika is a large lake in the Great Rift Valley of central Africa. The lake is divided between four countries – Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Tanzania and Zambia. It is the longest fresh water lake in the world and the second deepest.
Lake Tanganyika Media
Lake Tanganyika eastern Shore in Kagongo Ward, Kigoma Region, Tanzania
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Clear water lake of Lake Tanganyika in Kagongo Ward, Kigoma Region, Tanzania
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A biologist collecting samples in 2020 in the murky waters of Lake Tanganyika for a study on the diet adaptations of cichlid fishes to better understand their evolution and speciation.
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One of the many Tanganyika cichlids is Neolamprologus brichardi. The complex behaviors of this species and its close relative N. pulcher have been studied in detail
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The Tanganyika killifish (Lamprichthys tanganicanus) is the only member of its genus
The shell of the endemic thalassoid freshwater snail Tiphobia horei with its elaborate shape and spines.
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Fishing Boat in Kagongo Ward, Kigoma District
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Fishermen on Lake Tanganyika
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Lake Tanganyika. The black line indicates Henry Morton Stanley's route.
Bathybatini (E): Bathybates ferox is benthic and piscivorous, but the genus also includes pelagic species.
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