Sarotherodon knauerae

Sarotherodon knauerae is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Ejagham in western Cameroon. This species can reach a length of 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) SL and feeds on detritus.[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 not deep enough to contain very high amounts of this gas.[4]

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

The specific name honours a former technician at the Max Planck Institute in Seewiesen in Germany, Barbara Knauer, who supported Ulrich K. Schliewen as both a friend and technician while he was studying for his Ph.D.[5]

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Sarotherodon knauerae" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  2. Moelants, T. (2010). "Tilapia deckerti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: 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.


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