Tilapia kottae
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Tilapia kottae is a species of fish
in the cichlid
family. It is endemic to Lake Barombi-ba-Kotto and Lake Mboandong in Cameroon
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Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the cichlid
Cichlid
Cichlids are fishes from the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes. Cichlids are members of a group known as the Labroidei along with the wrasses , damselfish , and surfperches . This family is both large and diverse. At least 1,300 species have been scientifically described, making it one of...
family. It is endemic to Lake Barombi-ba-Kotto and Lake Mboandong in Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
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Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Tilapia kottae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 August 2007.