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Which of the following fish led to the extinction of an ecologically unique assemblage of more than 200 species of cichild fish in the lake Victoria of E.Africa ?
(a) Catla catla
(b) Dog fish
(c) Nile perch
(d) African catfish

A

African catfish

B

Nile perch

C

Clarias gariepinus

D

Lantana

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