Sarotherodon lamprechti

Sarotherodon lamprechti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Sarotherodon
Species:	S. lamprechti
Binomial name
Sarotherodon lamprechti D. Neumann, Stiassny & Schliewen, 2011

Sarotherodon lamprechti is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Ejagham in western Cameroon. This phytoplanktivore can reach a length of 9.9 centimetres (3.9 in) SL.^[1] It has not yet been rated by the IUCN, but it likely faces the same risks as the critically endangered Coptodon deckerti, which is threatened by pollution and sedimentation from human activities, a catfish from the genus Parauchenoglanis that has been introduced to the lake, and potentially also by large emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the lake's bottom (compare Lake Nyos),^[2][3] although Ejagham is too shallow to contain very high amounts of this gas.^[4]

The specific name honours Jürg Lamprecht (1941-2000) who worked at the Max Planck Institute in Seewiesen in Germany where he worked on a Ph.D. on haplotilapiine cichlids and supported Ulrich K. Schliewen as a mentor and Dirk Neumann as a teacher.^[5]

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sarotherodon lamprechti". FishBase. April 2013 version.
2. Moelants, T. (2010). "Tilapia deckerti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T21897A9337295. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T21897A9337295.en. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
3. Neumann, D., Stiassny, M. L. J, & Schliewen, U. K. (2011). Two new sympatric Sarotherodon species (Pisces: Cichlidae) endemic to Lake Ejagham, Cameroon, west-central Africa, with comments on the Sarotherodon galilaeus species complex. Zootaxa 2765: 1–20
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.