Census of fishes in watercourses in Benin

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Gangnibo, C.N., Gbetoho A.J. & Ganglo, C.J., 2015. Census of fishes in watercourses in Benin. Laboratory of Forest Sciences, FSA-UAC.

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is GBIF Benin. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: d2724ca9-8ccd-416e-9837-7aee75f67422.  GBIF Benin publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Benin.

Keywords

Occurrence; Observation; Diversity; Fish species; ecology; Benin

Contacts

Geographic Coverage

Benin

Taxonomic Coverage

Anguilliformes, Beloniformes, Characiformes, Clupeiformes, Cypriniformes, Cyprinodontiformes, Elopiformes, Gonorynchiformes, Lepidosireniformes, Mugiliformes, Osteoglossiformes, Perciformes, Pleuronectiformes, Polypteriformes, Siluriformes, Synbranchiformes, Tetraodontiformes

Temporal Coverage

Bibliographic Citations

1. Ahouansou Montcho, S., 2011. Diversité et exploitation des poissons de la rivière Pendjari (Bénin, Afrique de l'Ouest. Thèse de Doctorat, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, 201 pages+annexes
2. Montchowui, E., Niyonkuru, C., Ahouansou Montcho, S., Chikou, A. & Lalèyè, P., 2007. L’ichtyofaune de la rivière Hlan au Bénin (Afrique de l’Ouest). Cybium 2007, 31(2): 163-166
3. Lalèyè, P., Niyonkuru, C., Moreau, J. & Teugels, G.G., 2010. Spatial and seasonal distribution of the ichthyofauna of Lake Nokoué, Bénin, West Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science 2003, 28(2): 151–161

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