title: Cichlids of the Banc d'Arguin National Park, Mauritania: insight into the diversity of the genus Coptodon.
abstract: To determine the species diversity of cichlids in the Banc d'Arguin National Park (PNBA) and their phylogenetic relationships with other species in West Africa, a morphometric and meristic and molecular phylogenetic study was conducted. Both approaches not only confirm the presence of Sarotherodon melanotheron in PNBA but also demonstrate the presence of a second species from the genus Coptodon. While morphometric characteristics match the description of the Guinean tilapia Coptodon guineensis, phylogenetic reconstructions based on three mitochondrial and one nuclear DNA fragment demonstrate that C. guineensis is paraphyletic over its range. Because different lineages of C. guineensis are allopatric, the distribution of C. guineensis should be restricted to Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. The many other lineages of this species should be considered as C. sp. aff. guineensis.
authors: Université Abdel Maleck Essaâdi - Faculté des Sciences, Département de Biologie, Laboratoire Biologie Appliqué et Pathologie, Tétouan, Morocco.
authors: N G
authors: NG
authors: Kide
authors: Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Department of Ichthyology, Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247, München, Germany.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Dunz
authors: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Université Montpellier, UMR 226, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, CC 65, F-34095, Montpellier cedex 5, France.
authors: J-F
authors: JF
authors: Agnèse
authors: CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos da Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Agrárias de Vairão, R. Padre Armando Quintas, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Dilyte
authors: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Université Montpellier, UMR 226, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, CC 65, F-34095, Montpellier cedex 5, France.|IRD, ISE-M, BP 1857, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Pariselle
authors: Observatoire du Parc National du Banc d'Arguin, Nouakchott, Mauritania.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Carneiro
authors: Observatoire du Parc National du Banc d'Arguin, Nouakchott, Mauritania.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Correia
authors: CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos da Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Agrárias de Vairão, R. Padre Armando Quintas, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal.
authors: J C
authors: JC
authors: Brito
authors: Observatoire du Parc National du Banc d'Arguin, Nouakchott, Mauritania.
authors: L O
authors: LO
authors: Yarba
authors: Faculté des Sciences de l'Université de Nouakchott, Nouakchott, Mauritania.
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Kone
authors: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Université Montpellier, UMR MARBEC, Place Eugène Bataillon, CC 93, F-34095, Montpellier cedex 5, France.
authors: J-D
authors: JD
authors: Durand
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000235:genetics; D023681:Cichlids / Q000145:classification*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D008435:Mauritania; D000068316:Parks, Recreational; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Cichlidae; West Africa; cryptic species; phylogeny