BACKGROUND Four central Sahara mountainous massifs provide habitats for relict populations of fish. In the Adrar of Mauritania all available data on the presence and distribution of fish come from pre-1960 surveys where five fish species were reported: Barbus pobeguini, Barbus macrops, Barbus mirei, Sarotherodon galilaeus, and Clarias anguillaris. Since 1970, drought has had a severe impact in ...

Two specimens of Coptodon guineensis (Günther, 1862) were unexpectedly found in the Canal de Nador, Moulay Bousselham lagoon, almost 1000 km north Aabar River northernmost river previously recorded. To confirm this identification nineteen measurements recorded from each specimen and compared with other C. Morocco Mauritania. The COI gene was partially sequenced formerly published seque...

Talibés are children sent to Quranic schools, which are also known as daaras. The term talibé is a French word derived rom the Arabic tâlib, meaning a person seeking knowledge. According to Cruise O’Brien (1969, 1970) the phenomenon of he talibés originated in the Muslim brotherhoods founded by Amadou Bamba, brotherhoods that began to proliferate from 880. This was a widespread phenomenon in Fr...