African sharptooth catfish Clarias gariepinus is native to most of Africa and small parts of
Asia, but has been introduced to 37 countries mainly for aquaculture. This review of …

Mediterranean climate regions are globally recognized as hotspots of endemism in fishes;
however, these unique assemblages are increasingly threatened by human mediated …

The City of Cape Town (City) covers 2460km2 in the southwestern corner of the Cape
Floristic Region biodiversity hotspot. Established in 1654, by 1700 there were no animals …

ABSTRACT Freshwater resources in South Africa are under severe pressure from existing
anthropogenic impacts and global climate change is likely to exacerbate this stress. This …

Extinction risk for 101 valid species and 18 unique genetic lineages of native freshwater
fishes of South Africa was assessed in 2016 following the IUCN Red List criteria. An …

Cape Town is an urban hotspot within the Cape Floristic Region global biodiversity hotspot.
This city of 2,460 km² encompasses four local centers of fynbos plant endemism, 19 national …

Aim To compare patterns and drivers of freshwater fish introductions across five climatically
similar regions and evaluate similarities and differences in the non‐native species …

Nonnative fishes threaten native fish communities in many rivers of the world. In South
Africa's Cape Floristic Region, predation by nonnative fishes has severely impacted native …

The chubbyhead barb, Enteromius anoplus, as currently described, is the most widely
distributed freshwater fish in South Africa. The species occurs in almost all the major river …

The outstanding diversity of biota of the Cape region is expressed differently in major
groups: flowering plants and bees show high species richness in few clades combined with …