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  4. Which of the following fish led to the extinction of an ecologically unique assemblage of more than 200 species of cichlid fish in the lake Victoria of E. Africa ?

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Q. Which of the following fish led to the extinction of an ecologically unique assemblage of more than $200$ species of cichlid fish in the lake Victoria of E. Africa ?

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Nile Perch (a predator fish) was introduced in lake Victoria of East Africa. It killed and eliminated ecologically unique assemblage of over $200$ native species of small cichlid fish.