A review of the biology and status of Cape Fold Ecoregion freshwater fishes

BR Ellender, RJ Wasserman… - Aquatic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Mediterranean climate regions are globally recognized as hotspots of endemism in fishes;
however, these unique assemblages are increasingly threatened by human mediated …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the Pseudobarbus afer (Peters, 1864) species complex (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) in the eastern Cape Fold Ecoregion of South Africa

A Chakona, PH Skelton - ZooKeys, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The Eastern Cape redfin, Pseudobarbus afer, has long been considered to be a
single widespread and variable species occurring in multiple isolated river systems in the …

Between an ocean and a high place: coastal drainage isolation generates endemic cryptic species in the Cape kurper Sandelia capensis (Anabantiformes …

WM Bronaugh, ER Swartz… - Journal of Fish …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigated the range‐wide phylogenetics and biogeography of the Cape kurper
Sandelia capensis, a primary freshwater fish endemic to and widespread within the Cape …

Gorges partition diversity within New Zealand flathead Galaxias populations

JM Waters, TM King, D Craw - Journal of fish biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the landscape factors governing population connectivity in riverine
ecosystems represents an ongoing challenge for freshwater biologists. We used DNA …

The status and distribution of a newly identified endemic galaxiid in the eastern Cape Fold Ecoregion, of South Africa

G Chakona, ER Swartz… - … Conservation: Marine and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
DNA‐based studies have uncovered cryptic species and lineages within almost all
freshwater fishes studied thus far from the Cape Fold Ecoregion (CFE) of South Africa …

Fine-scale genetic structure of the European bitterling at the intersection of three major European watersheds

V Bartáková, J Bryja, M Reichard - BMC evolutionary biology, 2018 - Springer
Background Anthropogenic factors can have a major impact on the contemporary
distribution of intraspecific genetic diversity. Many freshwater fishes have finely structured …

The Status of South Africa's Freshwater Fish Fauna: A Spatial Analysis of Diversity, Threat, Invasion, and Protection

M Kajee, HF Dallas, CL Griffiths, CJ Kleynhans… - Fishes, 2023 - mdpi.com
In South Africa, freshwater habitats are among the most threatened ecosystems, and
freshwater fishes are the most threatened species group. Understanding patterns in …

Using genetics to prioritise headwater stream fish populations of the Marico barb, Enteromius motebensis Steindachner 1894, for conservation action

O Weyl, KA Van der Walt, ER Swartz… - … : African Protected Area …, 2017 - journals.co.za
South Africa has a relatively large number of threatened freshwater fish species and limited
resources to implement conservation programs. Enteromius motebensis was regionally …

[PDF][PDF] Cutthroat trout

P Trotter - J. Stolz and J. Schnell (eds.). Trout. The Wildlife Series, 1991 - academia.edu
In the past I 7 million years (myr), the topography a11d drainage systems of the northwestern
United States were drastically modified by the Yellowstone-Snake River Plain (YSRP) …

[PDF][PDF] Biogeographic and β-diversity patterns for southern Africa's native freshwater fishes: a

J Makaure, DJ Stewart - Frontiers, 2022 - researchgate.net
Freshwater habitats are some of the most imperilled ecosystems in the world as they
harbour numerous species threatened with extinction. In tropical Africa, acute deficiency of …