Pungu

Pungu
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Genus: Pungu
Species: P. maclareni
Binomial name
Pungu maclareni
(Trewavas, 1962)

The pungu (Pungu maclareni) is a critically endangered species of fish in the Cichlidae family, and the only member of its genus. It is endemic to Lake Barombi Mbo in Cameroon. It is threatened because of pollution and sedimentation from human activities, and potentially also by large emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the lake's bottom (compare Lake Nyos). Konia, Myaka and Stomatepia are three other equally threatened genera of ciclids that also are endemic to Lake Barombi Mbo.

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