Overview
Family : Minnows or carps ; Inhabits pools and riffles of clear flowing rocky bottomed streams . Feeds on detritus and small bottom-living insects. Breeds in summer; males are territorial [1].
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Vurige rooivlerkie
Common Names in Chinese:
金焰魮
Common Names in Czech:
Parmicka Olifantsk, Parmička olifantská
Common Names in English:
Fiery redfin
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
涌拟鲿, 湧擬鱨, 金焰魮
Description
Habitat
Typically found in a lake with a depth of 0 to -5,008 meters (0 to -16,430 feet).[2]
Ecology:
They prefer cobble
habitat
in the lower reaches
of tributary streams
,
with moderate flow
. Clear sexual dimorphism exists and males have
bright red fins
in the breeding season
and defend territories (Skelton
1988).[3].
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:
phlegethon
- Scientific name: - Pseudobarbus phlegethon (Barnard, 1938)
- Specific name:
phlegethon
- 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 phlegethon • Barbus phlegethon Barnard • Barbus phlegethon Barnard, 1938 • Barbus phlegetun Barnard • Pseudobarbus phlegethon
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Barnard, K
.H. Notes
on the species of Barbus
from the Cape
Province
with descriptions
of new species. Ann.
Mag. Nat. Hist. 2(7):80-88., 1938.
This lineage
can be distinguished from the Doring lineage with allozyme
loci and it does not share mitochondrial DNA
alleles. In addition
there are consistant colour
pattern
differences. However, no formal
description of subspecies
has been done to date.[3].
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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- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
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.
- Barnard, K.H. Notes on the species of Barbus from the Cape Province with descriptions of new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 2(7):80-88., 1938.
- Bills, R. 1999. Biology and conservation status of the Clanwilliam rock catfish and spotted rock catfish. Investigational Report no. 60. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown.
- 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. 2001. A Complete Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, South Africa.
- Swartz, E.R. 2000. Population genetics of Pseudobarbus phlegethon, Barbus calidus and B. erubescens (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) of the Olifants River System, Western Cape. University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch.
- Swartz, E.R., Flemming, A.F. and Mouton, P. le F.N. 2004. Contrasting genetic patterns and population histories in three threatened redfin species (Cyprinidae) from the Olifants River System, western South Africa. Journal of Fish Biology 64: 1153-1167.
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 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed June 01, 2007. 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.
- Kullander, Sven O. (from FishBase).
- 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 phlegethon. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Swartz, E. & Impson, D. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Swartz, E. & Impson, D. 2007. Pseudobarbus phlegethon. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 136448
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-59338
- Fishbase Species ID: 6139
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 689726
- IUCN ID: 236951
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 10169
Footnotes
- Skelton, P.H. (1993). A complete guide to the freshwater fishes of southern Africa. Southern Book Publishers (Pty) Ltd., 388 p. [back]
- Mean = -4,057.910 meters (-13,313.353 feet), Standard Deviation = 2,051.380 based on 22 observations. [back]
- Swartz, E. & Impson, D. 2007. Pseudobarbus phlegethon. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
