Maluti redfin

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Chakona, A. |author2=Kubheka, S. |date=2018 |title=Pseudobarbus quathlambae |volume=2018 |page=e.T18475A100171498 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T18475A100171498.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| taxon = Pseudobarbus quathlambae

| display_parents = 3

| authority = (Barnard, 1938)

| synonyms =

  • Labeo quathlambae Barnard, 1938
  • Oreodaimon quathlambae (Barnard, 1938)

}}

The Maluti redfin (Pseudobarbus quathlambae) is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae.{{FishBase |genus= Pseudobarbus|species= quathlambae| month = April | year = 2014}} It is colloquially called the Maluti minnow, but it is not a true minnow.

It is Lesotho's only endemic freshwater fish, and threatened by the impact of invasive species, such as Smallmouth yellowfish.{{Cite journal|last=Shelton|first=Jeremy Mark|last2=Clark|first2=Barry Malcolm|last3=Sephaka|first3=Thabo|last4=Turpie|first4=Jane Kirsten|date=2017|title=Population crash in Lesotho's endemic Maloti minnow Pseudobarbus quathlambae following invasion by translocated smallmouth yellowfish Labeobarbus aeneus|journal=Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems|language=en|volume=27|issue=1|pages=65–77|doi=10.1002/aqc.2633|issn=1099-0755}}

References

{{Reflist}}Freshwater life novel written by Charles Grffiths, Jenny Day and Mike Picker

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Category:Pseudobarbus

Category:Cyprinid fish of Africa

Category:Endemic fauna of Lesotho

Category:Fish described in 1938

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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