Myaka

The cichlid

This species can reach a length of 6.7 centimetres (2.6 in) SL.

Range and habitat

The Myaka is a critically endangered species of cichlid endemic to Lake Barombi Mbo in western Cameroon. 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. Konia, Pungu and Stomatepia are three other equally threatened genera of cichlids that also are endemic to Lake Barombi Mbo.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet and breeding

It prefers open, deeper waters where it feeds on phytoplankton and small insects, only venturing into shallower waters to spawn.

In crisis

The Myaka is threatened because of pollution and sedimentation due to human activities.

Myaka is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Myaka, Wikidata item Q134335. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.