Maluti redfin
The Maluti redfin (Pseudobarbus quathlambae) is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae.[2] It is colloquially called the Maluti minnow, but it is not a true minnow.
| Maluti redfin | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Pseudobarbus |
| Species: | P. quathlambae |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudobarbus quathlambae (Barnard, 1938) | |
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It is Lesotho's only endemic freshwater fish, and threatened by the impact of invasive species, such as Smallmouth yellowfish.[3]
References
- Swartz, E. (2007). "Pseudobarbus quathlambae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2007: e.T18475A8326461. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T18475A8326461.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Pseudobarbus quathlambae" in FishBase. April 2014 version.
- Shelton, Jeremy Mark; Clark, Barry Malcolm; Sephaka, Thabo; Turpie, Jane Kirsten (2017). "Population crash in Lesotho's endemic Maloti minnow Pseudobarbus quathlambae following invasion by translocated smallmouth yellowfish Labeobarbus aeneus". Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 27 (1): 65–77. doi:10.1002/aqc.2633. ISSN 1099-0755.
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