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Write two examples for loss of biodiversity due to alien species invasions.

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1. Introduction of Nile perch into lake victoria in east Africa led eventually to the extinction of an ecologically unique assemblage of more than 200 species of cichlid fish in the lake .
2. The recent illegal introduction of the African catfish calr gariepinus for aquaculture purposees is posing a threat to the indigenous cat fishes .
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