Berg River redfin [SEP] parent taxon
Berg River redfin
The Berg River redfin ("Pseudobarbus burgi") or Berg redfin is an African freshwater fish species in the family Cyprinidae. The Burchell's redfin ("P. burchelli"), the type species of its genus "Pseudobarbus", is a very close relative. The Berg River redfin is tetraploid.
It is endemic to the Western Cape Province of South Africa, where it occurs in the upper Berg River and its tributaries Boesmans, Goedverwacht, Hugo, Krom, Leeu and Wemmers Rivers. Similar
a series of separate pools.
Discovery.
The Berg River redfin was originally believed to be found in the Berg, Verlorenvlei, Langvlei, and Eerste rivers, before disappearing from the latter two. A 1988 study by Paul Skelton found that specimens from the Verlorenvlei River differed markedly from the Berg River population, having a longer intestine and a greater length between the snout and the dorsal fin. It was confirmed that the populations were genetically dissimilar in a 2000 paper published in the "Journal of Heredity", which indicated