Pseudobarbus Outeniqua
📖 Overview
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🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 5; Vertebrae: 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 .: elongated; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Pseudobarbus Outeniqua is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
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🥚 Reproduction
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🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical South Africa.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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