Fish Diversity and Abundance of Lake Tanganyika: Comparison between Protected Area (Mahale Mountains National Park) and Unprotected Areas

Table 2

Species composition (%) and mean abundance (±SE) of fish species in rocky and sandy habitats within protected area and unprotected areas in Lake Tanganyika during May to June 2008 survey.

Fish species	Species composition (%)				Mean abundance ± SE
	Protected area		Unprotected areas		Protected area		Unprotected areas
	Rocky	Sandy	Rocky	Sandy	Rocky	Sandy	Rocky	Sandy
Neolamprologus brichardi	8.83	0	0	0	17.25±12.75	0	0	0
Neolamprologus splendens	7.17	0	0	0	14.00±14.00	0	0	0
Neolamprologus savoryi	5.25	0	1.75	0	10.25±3.68	0	2.50±0.50	0
Lepidiolamprologus elongatus	4.99	2.46	3.86	0	9.75±1.32	1.75±0.63	5.50±2.50	0
Lepidiolamprologus attenuatus	4.87	10.92	3.51	0	9.50±1.85	7.75±5.45	5.00±1.00	0
Ophthalmotilapia nasuta	4.87	0	8.07	0	9.50±4.91	0	11.50±7.50	0
Paracyprichromis nigripinnis	3.84	0	0	0	7.50±4.41	0	0	0
Telmatochromis temporalis	3.46	0	1.75	0	6.75±0.85	0	2.50±2.50	0
Plecodus paradoxus	3.33	4.58	0.35	0	6.50±1.26	3.25±1.80	0.50±0.50	0
Cyathopharynx foai	3.33	0	7.72	0	6.50±1.76	0	11.0±7.00	0
Petrochromis Moshi	3.33	0	2.81	0	6.50±1.85	0	4.00±1.00	0
Lamprologus callipterus	2.82	1.76	2.81	0	5.50±4.01	1.25±0.75	4.00±2.00	0
Lamprologus lemairii	2.82	0	0	0	5.50±3.18	0	0	0
Neolamprologus caudopunctatus	2.82	0	0	0	5.50±2.47	0	0	0
Petrochromis orthognathus	2.43	0	5.26	0	4.75±0.25	0	7.50±4.50	0
Telmatochromis vittatus	2.30	0	1.75	13.68	4.50±1.85	0	2.50±0.50	6.50±6.50
Cyprichromis leptosoma	2.30	0	0	0	4.50±4.50	0	0	0
Neolamprologus mustax	2.18	2.46	2.11	0	4.25±2.66	1.75±1.44	3.00±3.00	0
Lobochilotes labiatus	2.18	0	1.40	0	4.25±1.70	0	2.00±1.00	0
Xenotilapia spiloptera	2.18	0	2.11	0	4.25±1.44	0	3.00±3.00	0
Tropheus annectens	1.92	0	1.05	0	3.75±2.25	0	1.50±1.50	0
Xenotilapia spilopterus	1.79	0	4.56	0	3.50±3.50	0	6.50±6.50	0
Petrochromis famula	1.79	0	0	0	3.50±1.32	0	0	0
Microdontochromis tenuidentatus	1.66	0	0	0	3.25±3.25	0	0	0
Xenotilapia sima	1.41	1.41	0	0	2.75±1.89	0	0	0
Tropheus brichardi	1.28	0	1.75	0	2.50±0.87	0	2.50±2.50	0
Barbus sp.	1.15	0	0	0	2.25±0.95	0	0	0
Neolamprologus toae	0.90	0	1.75	0	1.75±1.03	0	2.50±2.50	0
Asprotilapia leptura	1.02	0	1.40	0	2.00±1.08	0	2.00±2.00	0
Altolamprologus compressiceps	0.90	0	0.70	1.05	1.75±0.63	0	0	0.50±0.50
Neolamprologus fasciatus	1.02	0	0	0	2.00±0.82	0	0	0
Neolamprologus gracilis	0.90	0	0	0	1.75±1.75	0	0	0
Plecodus straeleni	0.77	0.35	0.70	0	1.50±0.87	0.25±0.25	1.00±0.00	0
Tropheus moorii	0.77	0	0	0	1.50±1.19	0	0	0
Petrochromis texas	0.64	0	0.35	0	1.25±0.75	0	0.50±0.50	0
Neolamprologus tretocephalus	0.64	0	0	0	1.25±0.48	0	0	0
Lamprologus toae	0.64	0	0	0	1.25±1.25	0	0	0
Chalinochromis ndobhoi	0.51	0	1.05	0	1.00±1.00	0	1.50±0.50	0
Telmatochromis brichardi	0.51	0	0	0	1.00±1.00	0	0	0
Neolamprologus nigriventris	0.51	0	0	0	1.00±0.41	0	0	0
Tropheus duboisi	0.51	0	0	0	1.00±1.00	0	0	0
Lates angustifrons	0.51	0	0	0	1.00±1.00	0	0	0
Juridochromis regani	0.38	0	0.35	0	0.75±0.48	0	0.50±0.50	0
Limnotilapia dardennii	0.38	0	0	0	0.75±0.48	0	0	0
Chalinochromis brichardi	0.38	0	0	0	0.75±0.48	0	0	0
Haplotaxodon microlepis	0.26	1.76	0.35	0	0.50±0.50	1.25±1.25	0.50±0.50	0
Gnathochromis pfefferi	0.26	0	1.05	0	0.50±0.50	0	1.50±0.50	0
Neolamprologus foai	0.26	0	2.81	0	0.50±0.50	0	4.00±4.00	0
Plecodus microlepis	0.26	0	0.35	0	0.50±0.50	0	0.50±0.50	0
Perissodus microlepis	0.13	0	2.81	0	0.25±0.25	0	4.00±4.00	0
Simochromis diagramma	0.13	0	0.35	0	0.25±0.25	0	0.50±0.50	0
Eretmodus cyanostictus	0.13	0	0.35	0	0.25±0.25	0	0.50±0.50	0
Variabilichromis moorii	0.13	0	0	0	0.25±0.25	0	0	0
Neolamprologus bifasciatus	0.13	0	0	0	0.25±0.25	0	0	0
Tanganicodus irsacae	0.13	0	0	0	0.25±0.25	0	0	0
Xenotilapia ochrogenys	0	13.73	0	0	0	9.75±7.88	0	0
Enantiopus melanogenys	0	11.97	0	0	0	8.50±6.93	0	0
Grammatotria lemairii	0	10.21	0	0	0	7.25±3.97	0	0
Xenotilapia bathyphilus	0	9.86	0	0	0	7.00±7.00	0	0
Lepidiolamprologus cunningtoni	0	6.34	0	10.53	0	4.50±2.25	0	5.00±3.00
Neolamprologus tetracanthus	0	5.28	0	17.89	0	3.75±2.59	0	8.50±8.50
Lepidiolamprologus boulengeri	0	3.52	0	24.21	0	2.50±2.50	0	11.5±11.5
Neolamprologus callipterus	0	3.52	0	0	0	2.50±2.50	0	0
Ectodus descampsii	0	3.17	7.72	0	0	2.25±2.25	11.00±11.00	0
Neolamprologus kungweensis	0	2.11	0	8.42	0	1.50±1.19	0	4.00±4.00
Lamprologus microlepis	0	1.76	0	0	0	1.25±1.25	0	0
Boulengerochromis microlepis	0	1.06	0	0	0	0.75±0.48	0	0
Telmatochromis dhonti	0	0.70	0	0	0	0.50±0.29	0	0
Plecodus mustax	0	0.70	0	0	0	0.50±0.50	0	0
Limnotilapia dardennii	0	0.35	0	0	0	0.25±0.25	0	0
Ophthalmotilapia ventralis	0	0	13.33	0	0	0	19.00±19.00	0
Lamprichthys tanganicanus	0	0	4.56	0	0	0	6.50±6.50	0
Lepidiolamprologus lemairii	0	0	1.05	0	0	0	1.50±1.50	0
Aulonocranus dewindti	0	0	1.05	0	0	0	1.50±1.50	0
Neolamprologus mondabu	0	0	0.70	0	0	0	1.00±1.00	0
Tropheus moorii	0	0	0.70	0	0	0	1.00±1.00	0
Neolamprologus falcicula	0	0	0.70	0	0	0	1.00±1.00	0
Neolamprologus furcifer	0	0	0.70	0	0	0	1.00±0.00	0
Telmatochromis brichardi	0	0	0.35	0	0	0	0.50±0.50	0
Lamprologus leleupi	0	0	0.35	0	0	0	0.50±0.50	0
Mastacembelus platisoma	0	0	0.35	0	0	0	0.50±0.50	0
Bathybates ferox	0	0	0.35	0	0	0	0.50±0.50	0
Simochromis marginatus	0	0	0.35	0	0	0	0.50±0.50	0
Simochromis pleurospilus	0	0	0.35	0	0	0	0.50±0.50	0
Neolamprologus modestus	0	0	0.35	0	0	0	0.50±0.50	0
Neolamprologus brevis	0	0	0	10.53	0	0	0	5.00±5.00
Neolamprologus boulengeri	0	0	0	9.47	0	0	0	4.50±4.50
Neolamprologus similis	0	0	0	2.11	0	0	0	1.00±1.00
Telmatochromis bifrenatus	0	0	0	2.11	0	0	0	1.00±1.00