Coptodon kottae [SEP] IUCN conservation status
Coptodon kottae
Coptodon kottae (formerly "Tilapia kottae") is an endangered species of fish in the cichlid family, Cichlidae. It is endemic to Lake Barombi-ba-Kotto and the smaller nearby Lake Mboandong in the Southwest Region of Cameroon.
This is a substrate-brooding, benthopelagic fish. Its maximum length is about 15 centimeters.
Threats to the species include sedimentation, pollution, and deoxygenation of its native lakes caused by slash-and-burn agriculture and nearby oil plantations.
- "Coptodon imbriferna"
- "Coptodon ismailiaensis"
- "Coptodon konkourensis"
- "Coptodon kottae"
- "Coptodon louka"
- "Coptodon margaritacea"
- "Coptodon nigrans"
- "Coptodon nyongana"
- "Coptodon rendalli" (Redbreast tilapia)
- "Coptodon rheophila"
- "Coptodon snyderae"
- "Coptodon spongotroktis"
- "Coptodon tholloni"
- "Coptodon thysi"
- "Coptodon walteri"
- "Coptodon zillii" (