There are many species of breams but only a few are considered culturable.In zambia the recommended indeginous breams include the hereunder listed species.
Three spotted bream -Njinji
The growth of this bream is that in the wild it attains the growth of 5-7kg and can survive upto 13yrs.The females can attain 150-200g while males 300-400g in a pond system within six months, assuming all condition and nutritional requirements are favorable.
This specie has an average taste and appears silvery among the common cultured breams.It is relatively preffered locally.
Green headed bream -pale
The growth of this bream is that in the wild, it can attain 3-4kg in 7yrs.Females can attain 150-200yrs while males 300-400 in the pond in six months, assuming all conditions are favorable.
The specie has an average taste and appears greenish among the common breams.It is relatively preffered by the locals especially luapula province.
Red breasted bream -pende
The growth of this bream in the wild is that it can attain the growth of 2-3kg In 7yrs.This bream can atain attain 200-300g in ponds in 6-7months,assuming that all conditions are favorable.
The specie has the best taste and colrful among the common cultured breams .
African catfish -mulonge,mulamba
The growth for this specie is rapid and has recorded 1.4m, 15kg in 5yrs in the wild.Grows faster in ponds and easily reaches 1-2kg in 6months as long feed is readily available.
It has a fair taste and the color is acceptable, it has some good market though lower than breams.It has meat that can even be felleted nicely.
Other potential culturable native fish species include;
-Tanganyika tilapia
-Kariba bream
-Manyame labeo
-Bull dog and many more
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