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Pseudobarbus Calidus
The Clanwilliam redfin (''Pseudobarbus calidus''), is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is placed with the South African redfins in ''Pseudobarbus''. It is tetraploid. Its closest living relative is probably the Twee River redfin (''P. erubescens'').de Graaf ''et al.'' (2007) Distribution and ecology It is endemic to the Western Cape Province of South Africa, where it occurs in the upper Olifants River and its tributaries – the Biedou, Boontjies, Boskloof, Breekkrans, Driehoeks, Dwars, Eselbank, Jan Dissels, Matijes, Noordhoeks, Oudste, Ratels, Rondegat, Thee and Tra Tra Rivers – near Clanwilliam and Keerom. It inhabits the pools and shallower water in larger clear and slightly acidic mountain streams. They are insectivores, eating mainly small mayflies (Baetidae), non-biting midges (Chironomidae) and ants (Formicidae). The breeding season is lengthy and lasts most of the summer, from November to January. Schools of adults form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keppel Harcourt Barnard
Keppel Harcourt Barnard (31 March 1887 – 22 September 1964) was a South African zoologist and museum director. He was the only son of Harcourt George Barnard M.A. (Cantab.), a solicitor from Lambeth, and Anne Elizabeth Porter of Royston, Hertfordshire, Royston. Life and career Barnard was born in London. His first education was at a private school in Camberley from where he went to the Realgymnasium in Mannheim to improve his German. From 1905 to 1908 this unusually gifted and versatile scholar attended Christ's College, Cambridge, taking the Natural Sciences (Cambridge), Natural Sciences Tripos in Botany, Geology and Zoology. He also took the newly introduced courses in Anthropology, Ethnology and Geography. For the following three years he studied law at the Middle Temple, becoming a barrister in 1911. After a short spell as naturalist with the Marine Biological Laboratory (Plymouth), Marine Biological Laboratory in Plymouth, he joined the staff of the South African Museum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |