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BREEDING sites in Lake Victoria are known for three of the non-cichlid fishes. The lung-fish, Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel, constructs a nest in marginal swamp1, and the cat-fish, Clarias mossambicus Peters2, and the carp, Labeo victorianus Blgr.3, spawn in temporary streams which flow into the lake after rain.
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CORBET, P. Breeding Sites of Non-Cichlid Fishes in Lake Victoria. Nature 187, 616–617 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/187616a0
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