Overview
Family : Minnows or carps ; Usually found near vegetation except when the water is turbid . It can tolerate extreme conditions and survive in various habitats from small streams to large impoundments . Feeding habits varied in different seasons : for small fish benthic feeding during spring and midwater feeding during summer; larger fish fed on corixid bugs during summer but switched to chironomid larvae and zooplankton in winter. Capable of jumping when ascending rapids (Ref. 6465).
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Bergrivier-rooivlerkie
Common Names in Czech:
Parmička Burgova
Common Names in English:
Berg redfin, Berg river redfin
Common Names in German:
Berg Brassen
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
伯氏拟魮, 伯氏擬魮
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
Occurs in clear oligotrophic
mountain streams
with low mineral content.
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Cypriniformes
()
- Family:
Cyprinidae
()
- Subfamily:
Barbinae
()
- Genus:
Pseudobarbus
()
- Smith, 1841
- Specific name:
burgi
- Scientific name: - Pseudobarbus burgi (Boulenger, 1911)
- Specific name:
burgi
- Genus:
Pseudobarbus
(
- Subfamily:
Barbinae
(
- Family:
Cyprinidae
(
- Order:
Cypriniformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Barbus afer (Non Peters • Barbus anoplus Weber • Barbus bergi Jubb • Barbus burgi • Barbus burgi Boulenger • Barbus burgi Boulenger, 1911 • Pseudobarbus burgi
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 12-Sep-1994
The Verlorenvlei population of this species is currently being described
as a new species.[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Pseudobarbus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. afer (Eastern Cape Redfish) · P. asper (Plump Redfin Minnow) · P. burchelli (Tradou Redfin) · P. burgi (Berg River Redfin) · P. phlegethon (Fiery Redfin) · P. quathlambae (Maloti Minnow) · P. tenuis (Slender Redfin)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland.
- Bloomer, P. and Impson, N.D. 2000. Mitochondrial DNA differentiation in the Critically Endangered Berg River Redfin (Pseudobarbus burgi). The Journal of Heredity 91: 122-127.
- Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 12th September 2007).
- Skelton, P.H. (1993). A complete guide to the freshwater fishes of southern Africa. Southern Book Publishers (Pty) Ltd., 388 p.
- Skelton, P.H. 1987. South African Red Data Book - Fishes. South African National Scientific Programmes Report 137. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria.
- Skelton, P.H. 1988. A taxonomic revision of the redfin minnows (Pisces, Cyprinidae) from southern Africa. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museum (Natural History) 16: 201-307.
- Swartz, E.R. 2005. Phylogeography, phylogenetics and evolution of the redfins (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Pseudobarbus) in southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Department of Genetics, University of Pretoria,Pretoria.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- FishBase
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Impson, D. & Swartz, E. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Impson, D. & Swartz, E. 2007. Pseudobarbus burgi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Skelton, P. 1996. Pseudobarbus burgi. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Westneat, Mark (from FishBase).
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 136447
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-26015
- Fishbase Species ID: 6138
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 639631
- IUCN ID: 236950
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 10168
Footnotes
- Impson, D. & Swartz, E. 2007. Pseudobarbus burgi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
