Naming the other cousin: A new goldie barb (Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrininae) from the northeast escarpment in South Africa, with proposed taxonomic rearrangement of …

M Scheepers, PHN Bragança… - Journal of Fish …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A growing body of evidence indicates that the global diversity of freshwater fishes has not
been fully documented. Studies of freshwater fishes that were previously thought to be …

Description of a new endemic Enteromius (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the upper Malagarazi in Burundi: Lessons for a protected area under implementation

A Bigirimana, T Kisekelwa, LM da Costa… - Journal of Fish …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recent collecting efforts in the upper Malagarazi basin (2013–2022) allowed for an
integrative study based on qualitative (colour), quantitative (meristic and metric), and …

[HTML][HTML] The non-Haplochromis fish fauna in Uganda: an update on the distribution and a review of data gaps

D Akoth, V Natugonza, J Efitre, FJ Muyodi… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Freshwater fishes are the second most threatened group of vertebrates after amphibians. In
most developing countries, the conservation of freshwater fishes is largely hampered by …

[HTML][HTML] An Updated Checklist of the Fishes from the Upper Malagarazi (Lake Tanganyika Basin) in Burundi: Implications for an under Implementation Malagarazi …

A Bigirimana, T Kisekelwa, LM da Costa… - Diversity, 2024 - mdpi.com
The upper Malagarazi (uM) Basin is situated in Southeastern Burundi and Northwestern
Tanzania, and partially covered by the Malagarazi Nature Reserve (MNR). A checklist of …

State of knowledge of aquatic ecosystem and fisheries of the Lake Edward System, East Africa

L Musinguzi, N Vranken, V Natugonza… - … , Fish and Fisheries, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Poor and unreliable knowledge of the status of freshwater fisheries limits their inclusion in
governance processes, thereby impeding effective management measures. This threatens …

[HTML][HTML] DNA barcoding the Lake Edward basin: high taxonomic coverage of a tropical freshwater ichthyofauna

E Decru, N Vranken, H Maetens, A Mertens De Vry… - Hydrobiologia, 2022 - Springer
We present an extensive DNA barcoding study of the fish species of the Lake Edward
system, including information on intraspecific variation. The DNA barcode gene, cytochrome …

[HTML][HTML] Diving into Diversity: The Complex Evolutionary History and Species Richness of the 'sawfin barbs' from Lake Edward and Adjacent Systems

H Maetens, E Decru, AF Boom, N Vranken… - Evolutionary …, 2024 - Springer
Enteromius Cope, 1867 is a species-rich genus of small cyprinids endemic to Africa, which
includes the 'sawfin barbs'. This study explored the species diversity of this group within the …

Revalidation of Enteromius karkensis (Gilchrist and Thompson 1913) (Cypriniformes: Smiliogastrinae) from the southern temperate freshwater ecoregion, South …

MB Martin, A Chakona, WT Kadye… - Journal of Fish …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The chubbyhead barbs, a distinct group of fishes endemic to southern Africa, currently
include eight valid species. Historically, Enteromius anoplus was the most widespread …

Phylogenetic Analyses of Cyprinid Species from the Rokel River Basin of Sierra Leone, West Africa: Taxonomic, Biogeographic, and Conservation Implications

UC Kanu, C Liang, CC Nwafor, J Shen, E Zhang - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Rokel River (RR) basin is one of the most neglected ichthyofaunal basins, despite the
potential for undetected diversity and high levels of endemism. Data on the molecular …

A new species within the Enteromius kerstenii complex (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae, Smiliogastrinae) from south-western Ethiopia

GK Englmaier, M Chai, A Wubie, RA Collins… - …, 2024 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A new species of small-sized smiliogastrin barb, Enteromius gamo sp. nov., is described
from tributaries to lakes Abaya and Chamo in south-western Ethiopia. The new species …