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Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Smiliogastrinae
Etymology: Pseudobarbus: Greek, pseudes = false + Latin, barbus = barbel (Ref. 45335); kubhekai: Name 'kubhekai' from Skhumbuzo Kubheka, whose sampling efforts discovered this new species from the Umzimkhulu River system.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical
Africa: South Africa.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.8 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 133015)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 7; Radios blandos anales: 5; Vértebra: 36 - 37. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: a single pair of oral barbels; 51-56 scales in lateral-line series; fewer vertebrae and absence o dark spots on its back (Ref. 133015).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
The species inhabit streams with average width and depth of 3 meters and 0.5 meters, respectively. They dwell predominantly on boulders and cobbles substratum (Ref. 133015).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Zarei, F., X. Mathebula and A. Chakona, 2025. Pseudobarbus kubhekai sp. nov., a new redfin (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(1) 2025: 1-16. (Ref. 133015)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00603 (0.00281 - 0.01292), b=3.06 (2.87 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
2.7 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (15 of 100). 🛈 |