Originally published in 2012 as oldafricahand on my blog westafricanforests.blogspot.com, lost when hotmail died. This blog does repeat some material below.
Aphyosemion celiae is on the IUCN list of endangered species.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/183090/0
According to IUCN, its range is restricted to the Mungo River watershed in western Cameroon.
Scheel (1990) noted that Aphyosemion celiae occurs just east of Kumba (top map) but that Amiet told Scheel that A. celiae also occured in the Bakaka Forest Reserve east of Loum volcano (Mt. Kupe). That drainage is generally considered to be part of the Mungo River watershed, because of a connection in the delta. See the map here:
http://cameroon-tour.com/geography/drainage.html
The worry is that erosion and pollution from plantations upstream could kill the species in the lower part of the watershed. see this link for a description of the many plantations from Nkongsamba to Loum along N5, then on to Kumba along N16.
Agricultural runoff in the river would cause the death of fish species, despite Forest Preserves such as Bakaka.
People maintaining an endangered species distribute offspring to other fish breeders the know. Usually pairs are formed with individuals from different parents, to avoid inbreeding, but from the same locality, to avoid hybrids.
Aphyosemion celiae is on the IUCN list of endangered species.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/183090/0
According to IUCN, its range is restricted to the Mungo River watershed in western Cameroon.
A better map is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mungo_River,_Cameroon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mungo_River,_Cameroon
Scheel (1990) noted that Aphyosemion celiae occurs just east of Kumba (top map) but that Amiet told Scheel that A. celiae also occured in the Bakaka Forest Reserve east of Loum volcano (Mt. Kupe). That drainage is generally considered to be part of the Mungo River watershed, because of a connection in the delta. See the map here:
http://cameroon-tour.com/geography/drainage.html
The worry is that erosion and pollution from plantations upstream could kill the species in the lower part of the watershed. see this link for a description of the many plantations from Nkongsamba to Loum along N5, then on to Kumba along N16.
Agricultural runoff in the river would cause the death of fish species, despite Forest Preserves such as Bakaka.
People maintaining an endangered species distribute offspring to other fish breeders the know. Usually pairs are formed with individuals from different parents, to avoid inbreeding, but from the same locality, to avoid hybrids.
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