Ejagham Lake
| Ejagham Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Cameroon | |
| Location close to the shore | Eyumodjock | |
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| Coordinates | 5 ° 45 '4 " N , 8 ° 59' 1" E | |
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| surface | 0.49 | |
| Maximum depth | 18 m | |
The Lake Ejagham located in western Cameroon . It was discovered in 1908 by Alfred Mansfeld and named by him as "Dead Lake near Nssakpé (Ekeu land)". With an area of 700 * 1050 meters (0.49 km²) it is one of the smaller lakes in Western Cameroon. In contrast to the other lakes in Western Cameroon, it is not located in a volcanic crater, but in a collapse crater. Its maximum depth is 18 meters. The age of the lake is estimated at 10,000 years. The lake is considered a sacred place for the Ejagham , the ethnic group living in the area around the lake.
fauna
The fish fauna of the lake consists of seven endemic species of cichlids , a small species of barbel and two tooth carps , one from the genus Fundulopanchax and a light-eyed fish ( Procatopus aberrans ). Of the two tilapia which includes mouthbrooding species Sarotherodon ( Sarotherodon lamprechti and S. knauerae ) and four of the substrate brooding genus coptodon ( coptodon deckerti , C. Ejagham , C. fusiforme , C. nigrans ) to.
See also
literature
- Andreas R. Dunz & Ulrich K. Schliewen: Description of a Tilapia (Coptodon) species flock of Lake Ejagham (Cameroon), including a redescription of Tilapia deckerti Thys van den Audenaerde, 1967. Spixiana, 33 2 251–280 Munich, November 2010 ISSN 0341-8391 PDF
- Uli Schiewen: Diversity in the smallest of spaces - Cameroon's south-western province. in DATZ , 1/2003 and 2/2003, ISSN 1616-3222
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sarotherodon lamprechti on Fishbase.org (English)
- ↑ Sarotherodon knauerae on Fishbase.org (English)
- ^ Andreas R. Dunz, Ulrich K. Schliewen (2010): Description of a Tilapia ( Coptodon ) species flock of Lake Ejagham (Cameroon), including a redescription of Tilapia deckerti Thys van den Audenaerde, 1967. Spixiana 33, 251-280.