Author: Skelton, P.H.
Title: Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Volume 16. Part 10. A Taxonomic Revision of the Redfin Minnows (Pisces, Cyprinidae) from Southern Africa.
Description: Cape Provincial Museum, Albany Museum, Grahamstown, Natural History. Volume 16. Part 10. 30th May 1988. White card wraps, p201-p307. illustrated, 184mm wide x 240mm high. New unread copy. The redfin minnows of Southern Africa form a distinctive group of cyprinid species traditionally placed within the genus Barbus. The species are distributed within the rivers of the Cape Fold Mountains in South Africa and the Drakensberg and Maluti Mountains in Lesotho. The taxonomic history of the species is reviewed with the conclusion that at least two closely similar species pairs require further taxonomic investigation. A broad based character analysis of all the species is presented and taxonomic conclusions made. The character analysis indicates that two natural groups or monophyletic lineages are present, one of which is sufficiently different from all other Barbus species to warrant separate generic status. The genus Pseudobarbus is defined and redescriptions of all the redfin species are provided. A neotype is selected for Pseudobarbus burchelli. Aspects of the conservation of these fishes is discussed.

Keywords: albany museum grahamstown eastern cape cape provincial museum ichthyology south southern africa african cyprinidae fishes


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