A new species of redfin (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Pseudobarbus) from the Verlorenvlei River system, South Africa

Albert Chakona; Ernst R Swartz; Paul H. Skelton

doi:10.3897/zookeys.453.8072

Gamuchirai Chakona, Ernst R. Swartz, Albert Chakona (2018)
The status and distribution of a newly identified endemic galaxiid in the eastern Cape Fold Ecoregion, of South Africa. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 28: 55.

DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2850

Albert Chakona, Martine S. Jordaan, Domitilla C. Raimondo, Roger I. Bills, Paul H. Skelton, Dewidine van der Colff (2022)
Diversity, distribution and extinction risk of native freshwater fishes of South Africa. Journal of Fish Biology 100: 1044.

DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15011

Albert Chakona, Gavin Gouws, Wilbert T. Kadye, Martine S. Jordaan, Ernst R. Swartz (2020)
Reconstruction of the historical distribution ranges of imperilled stream fishes from a global endemic hotspot based on molecular data: Implications for conservation of threatened taxa. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 30: 144.

DOI: 10.1002/aqc.3251

Tchalondawa Kisekelwa, Jos Snoeks, Eva Decru, Frederic B. D. Schedel, Mwapu Isumbisho, Emmanuel Vreven (2022)
A mismatch between morphological and molecular data in lineages ofEnteromius(Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from the Lowa basin (East Democratic Republic of the Congo: DRC) with the description of a new species. Systematics and Biodiversity 20: 1.

DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2022.2135630

Martinus Scheepers, Pedro H. N. Bragança, Albert Chakona (2024)
Naming the other cousin: A new goldie barb (Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrininae) from the northeast escarpment in South Africa, with proposed taxonomic rearrangement of the goldie barb group in southern Africa. Journal of Fish Biology 105: 1137.

DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15870

Tholoana Ntokoane, Emmanuel J. W. M. N. Vreven, Pedro H. N. Bragança, Wilbert T. Kadye, Albert Chakona (2025)
Taxonomic diversity, distribution, and ecology of the freshwater fishes of the Zambezian Lowveld Ecoregion in southern Africa: A systematic review. Journal of Fish Biology 106: 315.

DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15934

Albert Chakona, Gavin Gouws, Wilbert T. Kadye, Pule P. Mpopetsi, Paul H. Skelton (2020)
Probing hidden diversity to enhance conservation of the endangered narrow-range endemic Eastern Cape rocky, Sandelia bainsii (Castelnau 1861). KOEDOE - African Protected Area Conservation and Science 62: .

DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v62i1.1627

Melissa B. Martin, Albert Chakona, Wilbert T. Kadye, Martinus Scheepers (2025)
Revalidation of Enteromius karkensis (Gilchrist and Thompson 1913) (Cypriniformes: Smiliogastrinae) from the southern temperate freshwater ecoregion, South Africa. Journal of Fish Biology 106: 741.

DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15987

Melissa B. Martin, Albert Chakona (2019)
Designation of a neotype for Enteromius pallidus (Smith, 1841), an endemic cyprinid minnow from the Cape Fold Ecoregion, South Africa. ZooKeys 848: 103.

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.848.32211

M Ramoejane, OLF Weyl, ER Swartz, G Gouws (2021)
Identifying multiple geographically restricted phylogeographic lineages of Moggel (Cyprinidae: Labeo umbratus) in South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science 46: 225.

DOI: 10.2989/16085914.2020.1818546

Marek Šmejkal, Daniel Bartoň, Jindřich Duras, Pavel Horký, Milan Muška, Jan Kubečka, Nikola Pfauserová, Million Tesfaye, Ondřej Slavík (2023)
Living on the edge: Reservoirs facilitate enhanced interactions among generalist and rheophilic fish species in tributaries. Frontiers in Environmental Science 11: .

DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1099030

Iva Přikrylová, Marliese Truter, Wilmien J. Luus-Powell, Albert Chakona, Nico J. Smit (2024)
Gyrodactylus serrai n. sp. (Gyrodactylidae), from the Near-Threatened Clanwilliam Sawfin, Cheilobarbus serra (Peters) (Cyprinidae, Smilogastrinae), in the Cape Fold Ecoregion, South Africa. Systematic Parasitology 101: .

DOI: 10.1007/s11230-024-10186-9

Bruce R. Ellender, Ryan J. Wasserman, Albert Chakona, Paul H. Skelton, Olaf L.F. Weyl (2017)
A review of the biology and status of Cape Fold Ecoregion freshwater fishes. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 27: 867.

DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2730

Albert Chakona, Paul H. Skelton (2017)
A review of the Pseudobarbus afer (Peters, 1864) species complex (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) in the eastern Cape Fold Ecoregion of South Africa. ZooKeys 657: 109.

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.657.11076

Samsudin Nurul Farhana, Zainal Abidin Muchlisin, Thuy Yen Duong, Suwat Tanyaros, Larry M. Page, Yahui Zhao, Eleanor A. S. Adamson, Md. Zain Khaironizam, Mark de Bruyn, Mohd Nor Siti Azizah (2018)
Exploring hidden diversity in Southeast Asia’s Dermogenys spp. (Beloniformes: Zenarchopteridae) through DNA barcoding. Scientific Reports 8: .

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29049-7

Fatah Zarei, Xiluva Mathebula, Albert Chakona (2025)
Pseudobarbus kubhekai sp. nov., a new redfin (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101: 1.

DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.134080

Manda J. Kambikambi, Wilbert T. Kadye, Albert Chakona (2021)
Allopatric differentiation in the Enteromius anoplus complex in South Africa, with the revalidation of Enteromius cernuus and Enteromius oraniensis, and description of a new species, Enteromius mandelai (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Journal of Fish Biology 99: 931.

DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14780

Yonela Sithole, Tobias Musschoot, Charlotte E. T. Huyghe, Albert Chakona, Emmanuel J. W. M. N. Vreven (2023)
A new species of Parauchenoglanis (Auchenoglanididae: Siluriformes) from the Upper Lualaba River (Upper Congo), with further evidence of hidden species diversity within the genus. Journal of Fish Biology 102: 1387.

DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15309

Martinus Scheepers, Pedro H. N. Bragança, Albert Chakona (2025)
Revalidation of Enteromius crocodilensis (Fowler, 1934) from synonymy with the disjunctly distributed Enteromius argenteus (Günther, 1868) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Journal of Fish Biology 106: 725.

DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15978

Albert Chakona, Wilbert T. Kadye, Taurai Bere, Daniel N. Mazungula, Emmanuel Vreven (2018)
Evidence of hidden diversity and taxonomic conflicts in five stream fishes from the Eastern Zimbabwe Highlands freshwater ecoregion. ZooKeys 768: 69.

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.768.21944

PH Skelton (2016)
Name changes and additions to the southern African freshwater fish fauna. African Journal of Aquatic Science 41: 345.

DOI: 10.2989/16085914.2016.1186004