Lake Ejagham

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The Ejagham Lake is located in western Cameroon. He was discovered in 1908 by Alfred Mansfeld and " ( country Ekeu ) Totensee at Nssakpé " named by him as. With an area of ​​700 * 1050 meters (0.49 km ²) of it is one of the smaller lakes West of Cameroon. In contrast to the other lakes in West Cameroon, he is not in a volcanic crater, but in a collapsed crater. Its maximum depth is 18 meters. The age of the lake is estimated to be 10,000 years. The Ejagham, who lives in the vicinity of the lake ethnicity, the lake is considered holy place.

Fauna

The fish fauna of the lake consists of seven endemic cichlid, a small barb species and two tooth carp, one from the genus Fundulopanchax and a lampeye ( Procatopus aberrans ). Of the cichlids include two of the mouthbrooding genus Sarotherodon ( Sarotherodon lamprechti and S. knauerae ) and four of the substrate- brooding species Coptodon ( Coptodon deckerti, C. Ejagham, C. fusiforme, C. nigricans ) on.