Berg River Redfin

Description:

The Berg River Redfin (Pseudobarbus burgi) or Berg Redfin is a ray-finned 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.

Habitat:

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 fishes in the Verlorenvlei have turned out to belong to a distinct species, which is undescribed as of 2007. Formerly a population of either species was also found in the Eerste River.[2]

Notes:

This species is considered Endangered by the IUCN