Eastern Province rocky
| Eastern Province rocky | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anabantiformes |
| Family: | Anabantidae |
| Genus: | Sandelia |
| Species: | S. bainsii
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| Binomial name | |
| Sandelia bainsii Castelnau, 1861
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The Eastern Province rocky (Sandelia bainsii), also known as rocky kurper, is a species of fish in the family Anabantidae. It is endemic to South Africa.[2]
It used to be found in small populations dispersed in small areas over a wide distribution throughout the Eastern Cape, such as in the , , (Buffalo), Nahoon River, Kowie River, , Kat River (Great Fish) and the Tyhume River (Keiskamma). It is doubtful whether those fragmented populations will be viable in the future because they find themselves under a number of threats from agricultural practices, pollution and invasive species.[1]
The specific name of this species is thought to honour the Scottish geologist, explorer and soldier Andrew Geddes Bain (1797-1864) who also collected zoological specimens. Bain served as a captain in the Cape Frontier Wars and may have fought the tribal chief Sandile, for whom Castelnau named the genus.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b Chakona, A.; Sifundza , D.; Kadye, W.T. (2018). "Sandelia bainsii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T19889A99447325. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T19889A99447325.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Sandelia bainsii" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (21 October 2019). "Order ANABANTIFORMES: Families ANABANTIDAE, HELOSTOMATIDAE, OSPHRONEMIDAE, CHANNIDAE, NANDIDAE, BADIDAE, and PRISTOLEPIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
External links[]
- Albany Museum - Freshwater Ichthyology[permanent dead link]
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- Fish described in 1861
- Taxa named by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau
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