Dikume | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Genus: | Konia |
Species: | K. dikume |
Binomial name | |
Konia dikume Trewavas, Green & Corbet, 1972 |
The dikume (Konia dikume) is a critically endangered species of fish in the Cichlidae family. It is endemic to Lake Barombi-ma-Mbu in western Cameroon. It is threatened because of pollution and sedimentation due to human activities, and potentially also by large emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the lake's bottom (compare Lake Nyos).
Males can reach about 11,2 cm. Dikume eats mosquito larvae and has high levels of blood haemoglobin, an adaptation to oxygen-poor deep water.