RHC- Amphilophus Zaliosus Protential Breeding
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A. zaliosus exists at only one location, Lake Apoyo, which covers an area of 21.2 km². In addition to this, due to an introduced species in Lake Apoyo, and increasing incidences of parasites in the native fish of the lake, it is suspected that A. zaliosus is being negatively impacted by a continuing decline in habitat quality, and the number of mature individuals in the population. The significant presence of an introduced species, the Nile tilapia (O. niloticus), in Lake Apoyo from early 1990s, is posing a threat to native species of the lake, by occupying sites that some of the native species have been using for reproduction and food. In addition, there are increasing incidences of parasites among many of the fish in Lake Apoyo. Researchers suspect that tilapia is the vector for the parasite (Canonico et al. 2005).