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Lake Turkana fish could be extinct, IUCN study shows

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By Protus Onyango | Dec 14, 2023

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Traders weighing fish along the shores of Lake Turkana. [File, Standard]

The large-toothed Lake Turkana robber, a fish species found in Lake Turkana in Kenya, is among those threatened with extinction in the world.

According to a new study by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the fish known scientifically as Brycinus ferox has moved from Least Concern to Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, due to overfishing, climate-change driven habitat degradation and dams reducing freshwater entering the lake.

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