Eastern Cape redfin

Eastern Cape redfin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Pseudobarbus
Species: P. afer
Binomial name
Pseudobarbus afer
(W. K. H. Peters, 1864)

The Eastern Cape redfin (Pseudobarbus afer) is an African freshwater fish species in the family Cyprinidae.

It is endemic to South Africa, and becoming rare due to habitat destruction and the impact of invasive species.

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