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The Pioneer Dam is in the Tsendze River.

The tsendze River is made up of many creeks and spruits and small rivers all staring in the KNP, the water of the Tsendze should therefore be reasonably unpolluted as it is a seasonal river with very little if any feed from outside the KNP.

Species that should be found in te Pioneer Dam will include Catfish (Barbel and catlets), Barbs ( Silverfish, Large Scale Yellow Fish, Ghieliemientjies), Tilapia ( various Kurpers some call them Bream), maybe some members of the Eel species as the Tsendze flows into the Letaba River which joins up with the Olifants River where eels are known to exist, for the same reason one could also expect the odd Tigerfish to be pre Gobies should be sent (Hydrocynus vittatus). Gobies should be well represented as well as members of the Labeo family (Mudfish) and also River sardines. (Engraulicyprus brevianalis).