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Table 1 Age, dimensions and number of fish species described in the sampled Nicaraguan lakes.

From: Phylogeography, colonization and population history of the Midas cichlid species complex (Amphilophus spp.) in the Nicaraguan crater lakes

 

Lake Managua

Lake Nicaragua

Crater Lake Asososca León

Crater Lake Apoyeque

Crater Lake Xiloá

Crater Lake Asososca Managua

Crater Lake Masaya

Crater Lake Apoyo

Age

> 500000

> 500000

-

< 10000

10000

< 10000

100000-25000

< 23000

Surface (km2)

1050

7740

0.81

2.5

3.75

0.73

8.38

21.1

Average depth (m)

12.4

15-20

17.2

52

60

54.3

41.7

142

Maximum depth (m)

43

50

35

110

88.5

91

72.5

> 200

No. cichlid species

14(1)

16(3)

2(1)

2

9*

2

6

3*(2)

No. fish species

26

> 40

4

3

15

3

10

8

  1. In parenthesis are the number of introduced African tilapias (Oreochromis aureus in Lake Managua, O. aureus, O. mossambicus and O. niloticus in Lake Nicaragua; O. mossmabicus in crater Lake Asossoca León; O. aureus and O. niloticus in crater Lake Apoyo; McKaye et al. 1995; Waid et al. 1999; McCrary et al. 2007). Asterisks show the lakes for which more species of the Midas Cichlid species complex have been proposed.