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The Clanwilliam redfin occurs in the Cederberg Wilderness Area and the Matjies River Nature Reserve, where it is at least safe from habitat destruction. It is listed as Endangered by the Nature Conservation Ordinance of Western Cape Province. For the time being, it may not be killed or caught.
The Cape kurper (Sandelia capensis) is native to South Africa but does not occur naturally in the Twee River redfin's range; it has been introduced to the Suurvlei River, however. The kurper competes with the redfin for food and probably also eats young S. erubescens. It is the probable cause for the redfin's disappearance from the lower ...
The Clanwilliam redfin ("P." calidus) [4] is another threatened and legally protected species found in the Olifants River; it is more [5] The Clanwilliam yellowfish ( Labeobarbus seeberi ) is another large cyprinid in this basin endemic to the Western Cape region.
The sawfin (Cheilobarbus serra), also known as Clanwilliam sawfin, is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. [2] It was formerly placed with the South African redfins in Pseudobarbus. It is tetraploid. Its closest living relative is the Cape whitefish (C. capensis). [3]
The Eastern Cape redfin (Pseudobarbus afer) is an African freshwater fish species in the family Cyprinidae, [2] this appears to be a species complex rather than a single species. [ 3 ]
An IUCN Red List critically endangered (CR or sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. [1] As of 2021, of the 120,372 species currently tracked by the IUCN, there are 8,404 species that are considered to be critically ...
For much of the past decade, policymakers and analysts have decried America's incredibly low savings rate, noting that U.S. households save a fraction of the money of the rest of the world.
Here is a list of the largest National Wildlife Refuges in the United States.It includes all that are larger than 50,000 acres (200 km 2), but excludes those in U.S. territories (also officially in the system).