| impact of climate change on the relict tropical fish fauna of central sahara: threat for the survival of adrar mountains fishes, mauritania. | 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 the adrar where rainfall decreased by 35%. to investigate whether the relict populations of fish have survived the ... | 2009 | 19204792 |