Question

Which of the following fish led to the extinction of an ecologically unique assemblage of more than 200 species of cichlid fish in Lake Victoria of East Africa?

Options

• Catla Catla

• Dogfish

• Nile Perch

• African Catfish

Answer 1

Nile Perch

Explanation:

The large predatory Nile perch (Lates niloticus), introduced into Lake Victoria, drove dramatic declines and the extinction or near-extinction of hundreds of endemic haplochromine cichlid species through predation and ecosystem change.