Akaram

 

Codes
BLLMC 05 / 1
Geography
Akaram is situated on a river which crosses the main road from Eyomojok to Mamfe near Akwen. Follow this river south. Akaram is situated on a big bend in the river south of Lake Ejagham.
History
Collected by P & C Lambert, J Y Melin & M.Bogaerts in 2005.
Habitat

This photo shows one of the collectors under a bridge. Sand from the river sides/bed was used in the construction of the bridge.
River was shallow with a sandy base & few plants on the edges.

Three biotope photos of the BLLMC 05 / 1 location. Courtesy of Christine Lambert ,Melin J-Y & M Bogaert.

The bottom of this populations biotope is sand. I set up 2 tanks with a silver sand base but had no eggs from it. All eggs were laid on bottom mops.

Images
Traits
 
Variability
Wild fish show an orange anal fin with few red spots & a black outer margin. It's possible this population will throw out different colour patterns in future generations.
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