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Biological Diversity in African Fresh- and Brackish Water Fishes IOLOGICA.L DIVERSITY OF AFRICAN FRESH- AN BRACKISH '~J\TER FIS HES DIVERSITE BIO QUE DES POISSONS DES EAUX 1 SAUMÂTRES D'AFRIQUE Editors ! Editeu r IIV (.r. 1 hl ho. H~LS . Jean-Fra nçois GLJÉGAN & .Jean-Jacques ALBAR ET 1994 KONINKLIJK MUSEUM MUSÉE ROYAL DE VOOR MIDDEN-AFRIKA L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE TERVUREN, BELGIË TER VUREN, BELGIQUE ANNALEN ANNALES ZOOLOGISCHE WETENSCHAPPEN VOL. 275 SCIENCES ZOOLOGIQUES BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF DIVERSITÉ BIOLOGIQUE DES AFRICAN FRESH- AND POISSONS DES EAUX BRACKISH WATER FISHES DOUCES ET SAUMÂTRES D'AFRIQUE Geographical overviews presented at Synthèses géographiques présentées the PARADI Symposium, Senegal, au Symposium PARADI, Sénégal, 15-20 November 1993. 15-20 novembre 1993. Edited by / Éditées par Guy G. TEUGELS, Jean-François GUÉGAN & Jean-Jacques ALBARET 1994 KONINKLIJK MUSEUM MUSÉE ROYAL DE VOOR MIDDEN-AFRIKA L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE TERVUREN, BELGIË TERVUREN, BELGIQUE ANNALEN ANNALES ZOOLOGISCHE WETENSCHAPPEN VOL. 275 SCIENCES ZOOLOGIQUES BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF DIVERSITÉ BIOLOGIQUE DES AFRICAN FRESH- AND POISSONS DES EAUX BRACKISH WATER FISHES DOUCES ET SAUMÂTRES D'AFRIQUE Geographical overviews presented at Synthèses géographi.ques présentées the PARADI Symposium, Senegal, au Symposium PARADI, Sénégal, 15-20 November 1993. 15-20 novembre 1993. Edited by / Éditées par Guy G. TEUGELS, Jean-François GUÉGAN & Jean-Jacques ALBARET 1994 Illustration Couverture: Eudes Menichetti Photographie: Moschini Photo © Copyright üRSTüM, Paris, France D/1994/0254/09 CONTENT - CONTENU Note des éditeurs : . 4 Editorial note . 5 Introduction générale: Biodiversité des poissons africains. Christian Lévêque . .. 7 Aperçu historique sur l'ichtyologie africaine. Jacques Daget . 17 Freshwater fish fauna of North Africa and its biogeography. Ignacio Doadrio : . 21 Faune ichtyologique des eaux douces d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Didier Paugy, Kassoum Traoré et Papa Samba Diouf .. 35 Diversité biologique des poissons d'eaux douces de la Basse Guinée et de l'Afrique Centrale. Guy G. Teugels et Jean-François Guégan 67 The African great lakes. Rosemary H Lowe-McConnell, Frits C. Roest, Gaspard Ntakimazi and Luc Risch 87 Diversity and distribution of freshwater fishes in East and Southem Africa. Paul H Skelton . 95 The fishes of the inland waters of Madagascar. Melanie L.i. Stiassny and Noromalala Raminosoa 133 A review of ichthyofaunal biodiversity in Southem African estuarine systems. Alan K Whitfield . 149 Diversité des poissons des lagunes et des estuaires ouest-africains. Jean-Jacques Albaret et Papa Samba Diouf . 165 3 NOTE DES ÉDITEURS Ce volume comprend les conférences d'introduction et les synthèses géographiques présentées durant le Symposium PARADI (Poissons Africains: Rôle et Applications de la DIversité Biologique) sur la diversité biologique des pois­ sons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique qui s'est déroulée à Saly, près de Dakar au Sénégal, du 15 au 20 novem­ bre 1993. Ce Symposium organisé conjointement par l'Institut français de recherche scientifique pour le développement en coopération (ORSTOM, France), l'Institut Sénégalais pour la Recherche Agronomique (ISRA, Sénégal) et le Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika / Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale (MRAC, Belgique) a réuni près de 150 spécialistes issus de 38 nationalités différentes pour discuter et interpréter les connaissances acquises sur l'ichtyo­ faune africaine depuis maintenant plusieurs siècles. Ce premier Symposium du genre a donc représenté une oppor­ tunité exceptionnelle afin de faire le point sur la connaissance des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique, Il a aussi permis d'exprimer les priorités actuelles en matière de recherche et de conservation des milieux aquatiques, et de promouvoir une meilleure collaboration entre les chercheurs, les laboratoires ou les organismes de recherches impliqués sur ce continent. Dans un article introductif, cette recherche ichtyologique est située dans un cadre conceptuel moderne de diver­ sité biologique. Ensuite, une revue de l'histoire de l'ichtyologie africaine, des Egyptiens jusqu'à nos jours, est pré­ sentée. Puis, viennent les synthèses géographiques, l'Afrique du Nord, l'Afrique de l'Ouest, l'Afrique Centrale et la Basse-Guinée, les Grands Lacs, l'Afrique du Sud et de l'Est, Madagascar, les estuaires de l'Afrique de l'Ouest et ceux de l'Afrique du Sud. Chaque manuscrit a été relu par au moins deux spécialistes et nous les remercions sincèrement pour leur collaboration. L'ensemble de ces synthèses a permis de se rendre compte des progrès très importants obtenus depuis quelques décennies, notamment en ce qui concerne notre connaissance sur l'Afrique de l'Ouest et du Sud. Cependant, le Symposium met aussi en évidence une disparité énorme dans l'effort de recherche fourni par région, où l'Afrique Centrale apparaît nettement être oubliée du reste du continent, malgré la présence du bassin du Zaïre, une des plus grandes rivières du Monde. Des approches multidisciplinaires ainsi qu'une meilleure coordination entre chercheurs et laboratoires de diffé­ rentes origiries devraient permettre d'ici quelques années d'avoir une meilleure connaissance des espèces et de leur distribution sur le continent. Elles nous autoriseront à proposer, entre autres, des scénarios explicatifs sur les zones et les modalités de colonisation dont la connaissance semble essentielle autant d'un point de vue théorique que dans un but de conservation des espèces et de leurs milieux. Avec nos collègues du Comité d'Organisation du Symposium, nous sommes reconnaissants auprès des agences et institutions parrainantes suivantes: ORSTOM (France), MRAC et Ministère de la Coopération (Belgique),National Science Foundation (USA), Fondation Internationale pour la Science (Suède), Société Internationale de Limnolo­ gie, Organisation Mondiale de la Santé, Programme de Lutte contre l'Onchocercose (Burkina-Faso), Overseas Deve­ lopment Agency (Grande Bretagne). Enfm, nous remerçions le Dr. D. Thys van den Audenaerde, Directeur du Koninklijk Museum voor Midden­ Afrika 1 Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, qui a accepté de publier ces synthèses dans un volume spécial des Annales du Musée de Tervuren. S. Vanderheyden et A. Reygel (MRAC) ont aidé à la préparation technique de ce document. G.G. Teugels J.-F. Guégan J.-J. Albaret MRAC ORSTOM CRODT / ORSTOM 4 EDITORIAL NOTE This volume contains the introductory conferences and the geographical overviews presented during the PARADI (Poissons Africains: Rôle et Applications de la DIversité Biologique) Symposium on biological diversity of African fresh and brackish water fishes, held at Saly, near Dakar, Senegal, from 15 till 20 November 1993. This Sympo­ sium, organized by the Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération (ORSTOM, France), the Institut Sénégalais pour la RechercheAgronomique (ISRA, Senegal) and the Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika/ Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale (MRAC, Belgique), gathered sorne 150 specialistsfrom 38 natio­ nalities to discuss and to analyse our present knowledge of the African ichthyofauna. Being the first Symposium ever organized in this field, it served as a unique opportunity to evaluate our knowledge onAfrican fresh and brackish water fishes, to emphasize the priorities in contemporary research and in conservation of aquatic habitats and to promote a collaboration between scientists, laboratories and organisations working in this field. In an introductory chapter, ichthyologiéal research is situated in the modem concept of biological diversity. Next, an historical review of African ichthyology is given, from the Egyptians till present. This chapter is followed by the different geographical overviews, including North Africa, West Africa, Central Africa and Lower Guinea, the Great Lakes, Southern and East Africa, Madagascar, West African estuaries and South African estuaries. Each paper has been refereed by at least two specialists and we gratefully acknowledge their collaboration. From the regional reviews, it becomes clear that the last decades, an important progress has been made in parti­ cular for West and Southern Africa, However, other areas, such as Central Africa, including the Zaïre basin, one of the World's largest river systems, are still rather poorly known. A multidisciplinary approach as well as a better coordination between researchers and institutes working in different fields will definitely contribute to a better knowledge of the fishes and their distribution in this continent in a few years time. This knowledge will, amongst others, enable us to propose explanatory scenarios for the areas and modes of colonization which seem to be absolutely indispensable for both fundamental research and conserva­ tion of the species and their biotopes. Together with our co-members of the Organizing Committee of the Symposium, we would like to thank the following sponsoring agencies: ORSTOM (France), MRAC and the Ministry of Cooperation (Belgium), the National ScienceFoundation (USA), the International Foundation for Science(Sweden), the International Limnological Society, the World Health Organization Onchocerciasis Control Program (Burkina-Faso), and the Overseas Development Agency (Great Britain). Finally we are grateful to Dr. D. Thys van den Audenaerde, Director of the Koninklifk Museum voorMidden­ Afrika / Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, who made it possible that these overviews are published in a special volume of the Annals of the Tervuren Museum. S. Vanderheyden and A. Reygel (MRAC) assisted in the technical
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