Misplaced Pages

Sarotherodon linnellii

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of fish

Sarotherodon linnellii
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Sarotherodon
Species: S. linnellii
Binomial name
Sarotherodon linnellii
(Lönnberg, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Tilapia linnellii Lönnberg, 1903

Sarotherodon linnellii, sometimes known as the unga, blackfin tilapia or blackbelly tilapia, is a cichlid endemic to Lake Barombi Mbo in western Cameroon. This species reaches a length of 18.5 centimetres (7.3 in) SL. It is critically endangered because of pollution and sedimentation due to human activities. It is potentially also threatened by large emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the lake's bottom (compare Lake Nyos), although studies indicate that Barombo Mbo lacks excess amounts of this gas.

Juveniles mainly feed on insects (including their larvae) and adults mainly on phytoplankton.

The specific name honours a friend of Lönnberg’s, Gunnar Linnell, a Swede who owned a plantation in Cameroon and who sent a collection of fishes and crustaceans from there which included the type of this fish.

References

  1. ^ Moelants, T. (2010). "Sarotherodon linnellii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T19909A9110008. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T19909A9110008.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Manci, William E. (2001). "Unga". Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World, Volume 12, Umb-Zor. New York: Marshall Cavendish. p. 1592. ISBN 978-0-7614-7206-3.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sarotherodon linnellii". FishBase. April 2013 version.
  4. Freeth, S.J.; C.O. Ofoegbu; and K.M. Onuoha (1992). Natural Hazards in West and Central Africa, pp. 50—51. ISBN 978-3-663-05239-5
  5. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (25 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (p-y)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 9 February 2019.

External links

Taxon identifiers
Sarotherodon linnellii


Stub icon

This tilapiine cichlid-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: