Description

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Common Names

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Grens-ghieliemientjie , Afrikaans , South Africa

Parma limpopská , Czech , Czechia

Barb , English , UK

Border barb , English , South Africa

Border Barb , English , UK

Border barb , English , USA

Keiskamma pardkala , Estonian , Estonia

特里氏魮 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Cyprinidae

Genus: Amatolacypris

Species: Amatolacypris trevelyani (Günther, 1877)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Africa: Keiskamma and Buffalo River systems in the Ciskei and eastern Cape Province, South Africa (Ref. 7248).

Biology

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Inhabits pools and riffles of clear rocky streams. Feeds on aquatic and terrestrial insects, chiefly mayfly nymphs, as well as seeds and algae. Breeds in spring and early summer. Has been bred in captivity. Threatened by siltation, invading riparian plants and alien predators such as trout. (Ref. 7248).

Habitat

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benthopelagic