The fish fauna of the inland waters of The Lower Kabylie (Bejaia, Northern Algeria): Diversity and spatial distribution
October 14, 2020
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| Article Title: | The fish fauna of the inland waters of The Lower Kabylie (Bejaia, Northern Algeria): Diversity and spatial distribution |
| Authors: | Amalou D., Moulai R. |
| Affiliation: | Laboratoire de Zoologie Appliquée et d’Ecophysiologie Animale,Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Université de Bejaia, 06000 Bejaia, Algérie |
| Abstract: | The study of species composition of the fish fauna of inland waters in the region of the lower Kabylie (Bejaia, northern Algeria), has permitted us to make out an inventory of 19 fishes species belonging to 15 genera and 9 families. The Mugilidae and the Cyprinidae are the most represented with 5 species each. Among the fish fauna, 16 are indigenous and 3 are introduced. With its 19 species, the region of the lower Kabylie is home to nearly 40 % of the Algerian inland waters fish fauna estimated at 48 species and 15 families. The spatial distribution of fish communities in different water courses has shown that it is the Soummam River which has the highest species richness with 16 species of which 15 species are inventoried only at its mouth. This study has allowed us to locate river blenny Salaria fluviatilis only in the eastern part of the lower Kabylie region in the Djemaa River, Aguerioune River and its tributaries. While able of the calle Pseudophoxinus callensis is confined only at the Soummam River and its major tributaries namely: Boussellam, Oued Ghir and Sahel. In addition, this distribution also shows the presence in all the rivers of the European eel Anguilla anguilla and the barbel Barbus callensis with an occurrence frequency of 100 % for each species. |
| Keywords: | Inventory, fish species, river, Specific richness, Lower Kabylie |
| *Correspondence: | Amalou Djamel, e-mails: amalou_djamel@yahoo.fr. |
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