It was stocked with fish in 1986, but the only surviving species is the lungfish Protopterus annectens, which caught with nets and lines by the local people.
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The nobles of Kokoro village are Songhay people, who trace their ancestry in the male line to Askia Mohammed Toure.
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It gives its name to the nearby Kokoro and Namga Wetlands, which was designated a Ramsar site in 2001.