The identity of Barbus capensis Smith, 1841 and the generic status of southern African tetraploid cyprinids (Teleostei, Cyprinidae)
Author
Skelton, Paul H.
Author
Swartz, Ernst R.
Author
Vreven, Emmanuel J.
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2018
410
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‘
Pseudobarbus
’
capensis
(
Smith, 1841
)
Specimens previously identified as
‘
Barbus
’
andrewi
Barnard, 1937
, now a junior synonym of
‘
P.
’
capensis
.
SOUTH AFRICA
:
holotype
of
‘
Pseudobarbus
’
capensis
(
345 mm
SL), west coast of
Cape
Colony, Dr. Andrew Smith leg. (
NHMUK
1845.7.3.99);
holotype
of
B. andrewi
(
140 mm
SL), Burg River [= Berg River], Paarl Div., SW
Cape
, ± -32.766667, 18.150000, South African Museum leg. (
NHMUK
1901.2.11.9);
2 specimens
(
85–125 mm
SL), Berg River, Paarl Div., SW
Cape
, ± -32.766667, 18.150000, Sloggett leg.(
NHMUK
1903.4.27.94–95);
1 specimen
(
135 mm
SL),Berg River, near Paarl, ± -32.766667, 18.150000, Dr. J.D.F. Gilchrist leg. (
NHMUK
1900.11.6.58);
4 specimens
(
172–232 mm
SL),
Western
Cape
, Jonkershoek Fisheries Station, -33.95000076, 18.9167003632,
4 Feb. 1987
, L. Oellermann leg. (
SAIAB
28427);
1 specimen
(
237 mm
SL),
Western
Cape
, Jonkershoek Fisheries Station, -33.95000076, 18.9167003632,
3 Feb. 1987
, L. Oellermann leg. (
SAIAB
28430);
1 specimen
(
136 mm
SL), Breede River system, Breede River, ± -34.400000, 20.833333 (
SAIAB
45061);
5 specimens
(
103–163 mm
SL), Breede River, ± -34.400000, 20.833333, 1993, W. Haselaw leg. (
SAIAB
52691);
5 specimens
(
289–363 mm
SL), Breede River, Worcester, -33.678611, 19.426389,
3 Oct. 1973
, P. Skelton and P. Burdett leg. (
SAIAB
121204
);
1 specimen
(
368 mm
SL), Hex River, Breede River system, Worcester, -33.750000, 19.666667,
15 Oct. 1960
, R. Jubb leg. (
SAIAB
121289
);
2 specimens
(
160–181 mm
SL), McGregor, Langeberg (cement dam), -33.950000, 19.816667,
23 Sep. 1980
, C. Stuart leg. (
SAIAB
128191);
2 specimens
(
231–235 mm
SL), Breede River system, Buffeljags River,
Somerset
Gift Farm, -34.000000, 20.601667,
6 Dec. 1986
, S. Thorne leg. (
SAIAB
130630
);
1 specimen
(
304 mm
SL), Berg River, ± -32.766667, 18.150000,
5 May 1972
, Scarbow leg. (
SAIAB
134671);
1 specimen
(
458 mm
SL), Brandvlei, ± -32.950000, 20.483333,
Oct. 1941
, A.C. Harrison leg. (
SAIAB
135679);
5 specimens
(
42–47 mm
SL), Groot Drakenstein, Berg River, -32.900000, 18.316700,
25 Nov. 2004
, A.C. Harrison leg. (
SAIAB
135795).