Fish fauna in and around the Rapids of Mboungou Badouma and Doumé Ramsar site, Gabon

Abstract

We assessed the fish diversity of the Ogooué and Sébé rivers in and around the Rapids of Mboungou Badouma and Doumé Ramsar site in Gabon. The ichthyofauna of this region has not been extensively sampled in over 150 years, yet encompasses one the most important type localities for fishes in Central Africa. We sampled a total of 31 sites and collected nearly 3000 fish specimens representing 97 species. Nine species appeared to be new to science, and one catalyzed the recent description of a new genus of mormyrid fishes.

A review of fish diversity, decline drivers, and management of the Tanguar Haor ecosystem: A globally recognized Ramsar site in Bangladesh

“…(2020) found 39 species belonging to 9 orders and 19 families from the East Kolkata Wetlands the only Ramsar site in the State of West Bengal, India. Cutler et al. (2019) sampled 31 sites within and around the Rapids of Mboungou Badouma and Doume Ramsar site and collected 97 species in 18 families and 9 orders.…”

“…According to Cutler et al. (2019) , freshwater ecosystems face considerable threats that fall into four major categories such as overexploitation, introduced species, habitat destruction, and pollution.…”

Fishes of the Loémé River System, Republic of the Congo, Lower Guinea, west‐central Africa

“…In general, the taxonomy of Plataplochilus is poorly resolved (Cutler, 2019). Undescribed Plataplochilus species have been sampled in the Mboungou Badouma region, Sébé and Ogooué river drainage (Cutler et al, 2019) and Wonga‐Wongué Presidential Reserve (Agnèse et al, 2018) in Gabon. It is therefore likely that more species of Plataplochilus exist in the study area than what have previously been described.…”

Integrative taxonomy reveals hidden diversity in the southern African darters genus Nannocharax Günther 1867 (Characiformes: Distichodontidae)

“…Information from other Nannocharax species was obtained from original descriptions ( e.g ., Fowler, 1936; Poll, 1967; Jerep & Vari, 2013; Jerep & Vari, 2014; Jerep et al ., 2014), checklists (Vari, 2007; Munene & Stiassny, 2011; Iyaba & Stiassny, 2013; Cutler et al . 2019) and examined specimens from the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA), Tervuren, Belgium, and the few congeners present in NRF‐SAIAB collection from other African ichthyofaunal regions.…”