''Pseudobarbus'' is a

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in the

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Cyprinidae. The

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is Burchell's redfin (''P. burchelli''). The scientific name is derived from the

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''pseudes'' ("false") and the

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word ''barbus'' ("beard", in reference to the

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s of

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s). This genus contains some (and might contain all) of the South African redfins. It was originally proposed as a subgenus, but has since been found worthy of recognition as a full genus. This genus is restricted to

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; all of its species were formerly placed in ''

Barbus ''Barbus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. The type species of ''Barbus'' is the common barbel, first described as ''Cyprinus barbus'' and now named ''Barbus barbus''. ''Barbus'' is the namesake genus of the subfamil ...

'', the genus of typical

s and their relatives. One

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was originally described as ''P. leonhardi'' – this, however, was a

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an fish for which the genus was erroneously proposed anew. It has since turned out to be nothing other than the barbel '' B. peloponnesius''.FishBase 009/ref>

Species and systematics

''Pseudobarbus'' was placed in the paraphyletic " subfamily" Barbinae by those that recognize that group, but if not included in the

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outright it might – like the other small African barbs – belong to an as yet unnamed subfamily.de Graaf, Martin; Megens, Hendrik-Jan; Samallo, Johannis & Sibbing, Ferdinand A. (2007): Evolutionary origin of Lake Tana's (Ethiopia) small ''Barbus'' species: indications of rapid ecological divergence and speciation. '' Anim. Biol.'' 57(1): 39–48. (HTML abstract) Currently, 15 recognized species are placed in this genus: *'' Pseudobarbus afer'' W. K. H. Peters, 1864 (Eastern Cape redfin) *'' Pseudobarbus asper'' Boulenger, 1911 (small-scale redfin) *'' Pseudobarbus burchelli'' A. Smith, 1841 (Burchell's redfin) *'' Pseudobarbus burgi'' Boulenger, 1911 (Berg River redfin) *'' Pseudobarbus calidus''

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, 1938 (Clanwilliam redfin) *'' Pseudobarbus capensis'' – Cape whitefish, Berg-breede River whitefish *'' Pseudobarbus erubescens'' P. H. Skelton, 1974 (Twee redfin) *'' Pseudobarbus hospes'' Barnard, 1938 (Namaquab barb) *'' Pseudobarbus phlegethon'' Barnard, 1938 (fiery redfin) *'' Pseudobarbus quathlambae'' Barnard, 1938 (Maluti redfin) *'' Pseudobarbus serra'' W. K. H. Peters, 1864 (sawfin) *'' Pseudobarbus skeltoni'' Chakona & Swartz, 2013 (giant redfin)Chakona, A. & Swartz, E.R. (2013): A new redfin species, ''Pseudobarbus skeltoni'' (Cyprinidae, Teleostei), from the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa. ''Zootaxa, 3686 (5): 565–577.'' *'' Pseudobarbus tenuis'' Barnard, 1938 (slender redfin) * '' Pseudobarbus trevelyani'' Günther, 1877 (Border barb) *'' Pseudobarbus verloreni'' Chakona, Swartz & P. H. Skelton, 2014 (Verlorenvlei redfin)Chakona, A., Swartz, E.R. & Skelton, P.H. (2014): A new species of redfin (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Pseudobarbus) from the Verlorenvlei River system, South Africa. ''ZooKeys, 453: 121–137.'' Some

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n "redfin"

were previously placed in ''

'', mainly due to a lack of taxonomic and systematic study of that huge "

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". They formed a clade distinct from the traditional ''Pseudobarbus'' and were more plesiomorphic. Certainly, they did not belong in the typical

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