Pseudobarbus

Pseudobarbus burchelli

Pseudobarbus is a genus of small South African carp (Cyprinidae ). Seven of the eight species of the genus live endemic exclusively in the South African Cape Region, the eighth, which was not found in 1930, in the headwaters of the Orange River in Lesotho and KwaZulu -Natal. With the exception of Pseudobarbus afer all the species live only in one small river (including tributaries ) or in two adjacent rivers.

Features

Pseudobarbus species have an elongate body, and reach the body length from 7 to 13.5 cm. Because of their scarlet in adult animals fins they are called in English " redfin minnows ". Among the diagnostic features of the genus include the absence of Supraneuralia ( parts of the vertebrae) in front of the dorsal fin, the distinct tuberculate in males during the breeding season, distinctive Pharyngealia ( the bone that support the pharyngeal teeth ), the morphology of the intestine and genetic characteristics. Their scales are radially structured.

Six of the species are threatened by habitat destruction and the introduction of trout extinction or already extinct.

Species

  • Pseudobarbus afer (Peters, 1864)
  • Pseudobarbus asper ( Boulenger, 1911)
  • Pseudobarbus burchelli (Smith, 1841)
  • Pseudobarbus Phlegethon ( Barnard, 1938)
  • Pseudobarbus quathlambae ( Barnard, 1938)
  • Pseudobarbus skeltoni Chakona & Swartz, 2013
  • Pseudobarbus tenuis ( Barnard, 1938)
Taxonomic rank#All ranks Ostariophysi Andrew Smith (zoologist) KwaZulu-Natal Pharyngeal jaw FishBase
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