• Login
     
    View Item 
    •   ORFEO Home
    • Royal Museum for Central Africa
    • RMCA publications
    • View Item
    •   ORFEO Home
    • Royal Museum for Central Africa
    • RMCA publications
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    An updated checklist of the ichthyofauna of the Mono River basin (Benin and Togo: West Africa)

    Authors
    Lederoun, D.
    Snoeks, J.
    Laleye, P.
    Vandewalle, P.
    Vreven, E.
    Show allShow less
    Discipline
    Biological sciences
    Subject
    Vertebrates
    Audience
    Scientific
    Date
    2018
    Publisher
    Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Description
    In order to evaluate the impact of anthropogenic changes, such as the future construction of a dam at Adjarala, on the fish diversity of the Mono River basin, a list of the ichthyofauna of this basin has been compiled. This list was established based on data obtained from collections in natural history museums and from the literature, and updated following the most recent systematic revisions. A total of 60 native and one introduced species, belonging to 40 genera and 23 families, are reported. The families Cyprinidae and Cichlidae, with nine species each, are best represented in the list. Mormyridae, Alestidae and Clariidae account for six species each, while all other families contribute three species or less. Of the 60 native species recorded, three are typically marine, while five others are estuarine. Based on museum records, Raiamas senegalensis (Cyprinidae), previously not reported from the Mono basin, has been added. Earlier attributions of Marcusenius brucii, M. cyprinoides, Petrocephalus simus (Mormyridae), Labeo coubie (Cyprinidae), Brycinus leuciscus (Alestidae), Phractura ansorgii (Amphiliidae) and Synodontis melanopterus (Mochokidae) to the Mono basin proved to be based on misidentifications. The present study shows that the fish species diversity of the Lower Mono is most probably underestimated, due to inadequate sampling and the resulting lack of archived material from this portion of the basin.
    Citation
    Lederoun, D.; Snoeks, J.; Laleye, P.; Vandewalle, P.; Vreven, E. (2018). An updated checklist of the ichthyofauna of the Mono River basin (Benin and Togo: West Africa). , Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 28, 135-156, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, ISSN: 0936-9902,
    Identifiers
    issn: 0936-9902
    uri: https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/12272
    Type
    Article
    Peer-Review
    Yes
    Language
    eng
    Links
    NewsHelpdeskBELSPO OA Policy

    Browse

    All of ORFEOCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesDisciplinesThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesDisciplines
     

    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2016  DuraSpace
    Send Feedback | Cookie Information
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV