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> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Smiliogastrinae
Etymology: Pseudobarbus:Greek, pseudes = false + Latin, barbus = barbel (Ref. 45335); outeniqua:Name 'outeniqua' in reference to the Outeniqua mountain range and highlights the species’ occurrence in streams draining its southern slopes within the southern Cape Fold Ecoregion.
ຄີຫຼັງຂອງປາ (ຄີອ່ອນ) (ທັງໝົດ) : 7; ຄີກົ້ນຂອງປາ: 5; ສັດທີ່ມີກະດູກສັນຫຼັງ: 36 - 38. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: mouth with one pair of barbels; barbel length 1.0-1.9 times orbit diameter, reaching vertical through posterior edge of eye; pigmentation distinct, with scale centres darkly pigmented, giving the fish an overall speckled appearance, speckling less conspicuous or absent ventrally; distinct dark mid-lateral band present, with a broader anterior half and a narrower posterior half which ends in form of a large triangular mark at the base of the caudal fin; dark spots absent, dashes, stripes or wavy lines on back and mid-dorsal; scales moderate sized, 35-37 in lateral line series, 14-15 (mode 15) around caudal peduncle, and 16-17 (mode 16) on predorsal region (Ref. 137995). Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Zarei, F., P.H.N. Bragança, P.H. Skelton and A. Chakona, 2025. Pseudobarbus outeniqua sp. nov., a new redfin species (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) from the Cape Fold Ecoregion of South Africa. ZooKeys 1239:231-255. (Ref. 137995)
ສະຖານະພາບບັນຊີແດງຂອງ IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
