Luciobarbus lanigarensis and L. numidiensis, two new species of barbels from the Mediterranean Sea basin in North Africa (Teostei: Cyprinidae)

Brahimi, Amina; Libois, Roland; Henrard, Arnaud; Freyhof, Jörg

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4433.3.9

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“…At each site (A, B, C and D), samples were collected, while taking into account the importance of fishing activities. Fish were identified using identification keys, and photographs (Hugueny et al, 2010;Brahimi et al, 2017;Brahimi et al, 2018). A total of 81 samples were caught between November 2017 and September 2019 (Table 1), using a fishing net known as Trémail.…”

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Morphometric Characteristics of Luciobarbusmascarensis and L. lanigarensis (teleostei: cyprinidae) in western Algeria

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Ghomari

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A total of 81 samples captured between November 2017 to September 2019 were morphometrically analyzed as part of this study. In this latter we tried to compare between the population of the dam (artificial environment) and the population of the river (natural environment) in two watersheds for two different species of Luciobarbus in western Algeria. Sites A (natural) and B (artificial) are located at almost the same altitude (285-571 m) whereas sites C (artificial) and D (natural) are located in two different altitudes (285-571 m) and (1078-1821 m) respectively. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) was carried out to test the significance of the variations of each morphometric character between the 4 populations (A, B, C and D). The values of all the external morphometric parameters were the highest in the population of the Boughrara dam followed by El-hammam river and Bouhanifia dam while the population of Chouly river showed the lowest morphometric measurements. The mean of total length (TL) and weight (Weight), for example, of the Boughrara dam were the largest of the four populations (33.03 ± 2.02 cm and 474.46 ± 116.76 g respectively) while those of the river Chouly were the smallest (15.44 ± 1.23 cm and 55.55 ± 13.01 respectively). The sex ratio analysis was performed by studying the overall sex ratio. Females were more abundant than males (1: 1.7). The graphical representation of Quantitative Variables by PCA showed that the morphometric variables are all positively correlated with each other by quite different rates. The Shannon and Weaver index was calculated from the different characters in the four regions studied: A, B, C and D. The region of site B (Bouhanifia dam) had the highest average diversity index with 0.92, followed by the region of site A (El-hammam river) (0.88). The lowest mean value was found in site C (Chouly river) (0.29).

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“…This is probably due to the fact that the two species are genetically very close. In addition, the relationships, and affinities, within Luciobarbus species from the watersheds of African Mediterranean Sea remain uncertain (Brahimi et al, 2018).…”

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Morphometric Characteristics of Luciobarbusmascarensis and L. lanigarensis (teleostei: cyprinidae) in western Algeria

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Doukara

Ghomari

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“…With more than 900 nominal species, Dactylogyrus represents the largest helminth genus (Gibson, Timofeeva & Gerasev, 1996). Recent studies on northwest African cyprinids have shown that the biodiversity of this fish group is higher than previously estimated (e.g., Brahimi et al, 2018;Casal-López et al, 2015;. In Morocco, 20 species belonging to four genera (i.e., Carasobarbus Karaman, 1971;Labeobarbus Rüppel, 1835;Luciobarbus Heckel, 1843 andPterocapoeta Günther, 1902) are currently considered valid (Fricke, Eschmeyer & Van der Laan, 2020).…”

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“…In Morocco, 20 species belonging to four genera (i.e., Carasobarbus Karaman, 1971;Labeobarbus Rüppel, 1835;Luciobarbus Heckel, 1843 andPterocapoeta Günther, 1902) are currently considered valid (Fricke, Eschmeyer & Van der Laan, 2020). Among these, Luciobarbus is the most diverse, with 15 species, some being only recently described (Brahimi et al, 2018;Casal-López et al, 2015;. Descriptions of the new species may indicate that the diversity of their host-specific parasites, such as monogeneans of Dactylogyrus, is currently underestimated.…”

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Integrating morphological and molecular approaches for characterizing four species of Dactylogyrus (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from Moroccan cyprinids, with comments on their host specificity and phylogenetic relationships

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Rahmouni

Pariselle

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Cyprinid fishes are known to harbour highly host-specific gill-associated parasites of Dactylogyrus. High similarity in the morphology of sclerotized structures among Dactylogyrus species, especially those parasitizing congeneric cyprinoids, makes their identification difficult. In this paper, four previously known species of Dactylogyrus are characterized and illustrated under a reliable taxonomic framework integrating morphological and molecular evidence, and their phylogenetic relationships are investigated using molecular data. The species are as follows: D. borjensis from Luciobarbus zayanensis; D. draaensis from Luciobarbus lepineyi; D. ksibii from Luciobarbus ksibi and Luciobarbus rabatensis; and D. marocanus from Carasobarbus fritschii, L. ksibi, L. zayanensis and Pterocapoeta maroccana. Our results revealed intraspecific genetic variability among specimens of D. ksibii collected from two different hosts and geographically distant basins. Phylogenetic reconstruction showed that Dactylogyrus spp. parasitizing Moroccan cyprinids are representatives of three main lineages corresponding to morphological differences and host specificity. Our records of D. marocanus on L. zayanensis and P. maroccana increase the range of available host species i.e.,eight species of four cyprinid genera representing two phylogenetic lineages (i.e., Barbinae and Torinae).

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“…Recent molecular and taxonomic studies have further highlighted the richness of freshwater fish species diversity in the region leading to an improved understanding of their occurrence and distribution, albeit significant knowledge gaps remain (Geiger et al, 2014;Casal-Lopez et al, 2015;Doadrio et al, 2015Doadrio et al, , 2016aBrahimi et al 2016Brahimi et al , 2017Brahimi et al , 2018Touil et al, 2019).…”

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Freshwater fish distribution in the Maghreb: a call to contribute

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Baikeche³

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In order to update the IUCN Red List of all freshwater fish species inhabiting the Maghreb region, comprehensive knowledge of their respective geographic ranges is essential. Here we present site-scale distribution records derived from all known sources for native and alien freshwater fish species distributed in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Corrected data compiled from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility plus author contributions and digitised literature data are presented as GIS maps, and the wider scientific and conservation communities are called upon to help fill knowledge gaps and maximise the value of this new database for a region in which freshwater biodiversity is undergoing a serious decline.

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Luciobarbus lanigarensis and L. numidiensis, two new species of barbels from the Mediterranean Sea basin in North Africa (Teostei: Cyprinidae)

Cited by 691 publications

References 17 publications

Morphometric Characteristics of Luciobarbusmascarensis and L. lanigarensis (teleostei: cyprinidae) in western Algeria

Morphometric Characteristics of Luciobarbusmascarensis and L. lanigarensis (teleostei: cyprinidae) in western Algeria

Integrating morphological and molecular approaches for characterizing four species of Dactylogyrus (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from Moroccan cyprinids, with comments on their host specificity and phylogenetic relationships

Freshwater fish distribution in the Maghreb: a call to contribute

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