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Largemouth yellowfish

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The largemouth yellowfish or Vaal-Orange largemouth yellowfish (Labeobarbus kimberleyensis) is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. [1]

71 relations: Actinopterygii, Angling, Animal Biology (journal), Apex predator, Aquatic animal, Augrabies Falls National Park, Barb (fish), Barbus, Bioaccumulation, Catch and release, Cyprinidae, ǀAi-ǀAis/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park, Dam, Eastern Cape, Ecosystem, Egg, Elodea, Extinction, Family (biology), Fish, Fish kill, Fish measurement, Flagship species, Free State (province), Fresh water, Gauteng, Genus, Haplotype, Hybrid (biology), International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Introgression, Invertebrate, IUCN Red List, John Gilchrist (zoologist), Labeobarbus, Lesotho, Mitochondrial DNA, Morphology (biology), Mpumalanga, Namibia, Near-threatened species, North West (South African province), Northern Cape, Orange River, Outbreeding depression, Polymorphism (biology), Polyploid, Population, Population density, ..., Predation, Riet River, Riffle, Riparian zone, Sewage, Smallmouth yellowfish, South Africa, Southern Africa, Spawn (biology), Species, Sterkfontein Dam, Sympatry, Threatened species, Toxin, Tributary, Vaal River, Vegetation, Wastebasket taxon, Water pollution, Weir, William Wardlaw Thompson. Expand index (21 more) »

Actinopterygii

Actinopterygii, or the ray-finned fishes, constitute a class or subclass of the bony fishes.

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Angling

Angling is a method of fishing by means of an "angle" (fish hook).

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Animal Biology (journal)

Animal Biology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of zoology.

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Apex predator

An apex predator, also known as an alpha predator or top predator, is a predator at the top of a food chain, with no natural predators.

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Aquatic animal

A aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in the water for most or all of its lifetime.

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Augrabies Falls National Park

Augrabies Falls National Park is a national park located around the Augrabies Falls, about 120 km west of Upington in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa.

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Barb (fish)

A barb is one of various ray-finned fish species in a non-phylogenetic group, with members in the family Cyprinidae, and especially the genera Barbus and Puntius, but many others also.

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Barbus

Barbus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae.

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Bioaccumulation

Bioaccumulation is the accumulation of substances, such as pesticides, or other chemicals in an organism.

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Catch and release

Catch and release is a practice within recreational fishing intended as a technique of conservation.

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Cyprinidae

The Cyprinidae are the family of freshwater fishes, collectively called cyprinids, that includes the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives (for example, the barbs and barbels).

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ǀAi-ǀAis/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park

The ǀAi-ǀAis/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park is a peace park straddling the border between South Africa and Namibia.

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Dam

A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of water or underground streams.

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Eastern Cape

The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa.

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Ecosystem

An ecosystem is a community made up of living organisms and nonliving components such as air, water, and mineral soil.

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Egg

An egg is the organic vessel containing the zygote in which an animal embryo develops until it can survive on its own; at which point the animal hatches.

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Elodea

Elodea is a genus of 6 species of aquatic plants often called the waterweeds described as a genus in 1803.

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Extinction

In biology, extinction is the termination of an organism or of a group of organisms (taxon), normally a species.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Fish

Fish are gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits.

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Fish kill

The term fish kill, known also as fish die-off, refers to a localized die-off of fish populations which may also be associated with more generalized mortality of aquatic life.

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Fish measurement

Fish measurement is the measuring of the length of individual fish and of various parts of their anatomy.

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Flagship species

In conservation biology, a flagship species is a species chosen to raise support for biodiversity conservation in a given place or social context.

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Free State (province)

The Free State (Vrystaat, Foreistata; before 1995, the Orange Free State) is a province of South Africa.

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Fresh water

Fresh water (or freshwater) is any naturally occurring water except seawater and brackish water.

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Gauteng

Gauteng, which means "place of gold", is one of the nine provinces of South Africa.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Haplotype

A haplotype (haploid genotype) is a group of alleles in an organism that are inherited together from a single parent.

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Hybrid (biology)

In biology, a hybrid, or crossbreed, is the result of combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds, varieties, species or genera through sexual reproduction.

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International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is an organization dedicated to "achieving stability and sense in the scientific naming of animals".

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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Introgression

Introgression, also known as introgressive hybridization, in genetics is the movement of a gene (gene flow) from one species into the gene pool of another by the repeated backcrossing of an interspecific hybrid with one of its parent species.

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Invertebrate

Invertebrates are animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column (commonly known as a backbone or spine), derived from the notochord.

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IUCN Red List

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List), founded in 1964, has evolved to become the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species.

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John Gilchrist (zoologist)

John Dow Fisher Gilchrist (1866–1926) was a Scottish ichthyologist, noted for his work in South Africa.

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Labeobarbus

Labeobarbus is a mid-sized ray-finned fish genus in the family Cyprinidae.

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Lesotho

Lesotho officially the Kingdom of Lesotho ('Muso oa Lesotho), is an enclaved country in southern Africa.

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Mitochondrial DNA

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA or mDNA) is the DNA located in mitochondria, cellular organelles within eukaryotic cells that convert chemical energy from food into a form that cells can use, adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

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Morphology (biology)

Morphology is a branch of biology dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.

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Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga is a province of South Africa.

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Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia (German:; Republiek van Namibië), is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean.

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Near-threatened species

A near-threatened species is a species which has been categorized as "Near Threatened" (NT) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as that may be considered threatened with extinction in the near future, although it does not currently qualify for the threatened status.

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North West (South African province)

North West is a province of South Africa.

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Northern Cape

The Northern Cape (Noord-Kaap; Kapa Bokone) is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa.

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Orange River

The Orange River (from Afrikaans/Dutch: Oranjerivier) is the longest river in South Africa and the Orange River Basin extends extensively into Namibia and Botswana to the north.

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Outbreeding depression

In biology, outbreeding depression is when progeny resulting from crosses between genetically distant individuals (outcrossing) exhibit lower fitness in the parental environment than either of their parents or than progeny from crosses between individuals that are more closely related.

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Polymorphism (biology)

Polymorphism in biology and zoology is the occurrence of two or more clearly different morphs or forms, also referred to as alternative phenotypes, in the population of a species.

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Polyploid

Polyploid cells and organisms are those containing more than two paired (homologous) sets of chromosomes.

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Population

In biology, a population is all the organisms of the same group or species, which live in a particular geographical area, and have the capability of interbreeding.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock and standing crop) is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density.

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Predation

Predation is a biological interaction where a predator (a hunting animal) kills and eats its prey (the organism that is attacked).

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Riet River

The Riet River is a westward-flowing tributary of the Vaal River in central South Africa.

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Riffle

A riffle is a shallow landform in a flowing channel, and it has specific topographic, sedimentary, and hydraulic indicators.

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Riparian zone

A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream.

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Sewage

Sewage (or domestic wastewater or municipal wastewater) is a type of wastewater that is produced from a community of people.

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Smallmouth yellowfish

The smallmouth yellowfish (Labeobarbus aeneus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Labeobarbus.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Southern Africa

Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics, and including several countries.

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Spawn (biology)

Spawn is the eggs and sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Sterkfontein Dam

The Sterkfontein Dam, located just outside the town of Harrismith, in the Free State, province of South Africa, is part of the Tugela-Vaal Water Project and the Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme, and located on the Nuwejaarspruit, a tributary of the Wilge River in the upper catchment area of the Vaal River.

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Sympatry

In biology, two species or populations are considered sympatric when they exist in the same geographic area and thus frequently encounter one another.

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Threatened species

Threatened species are any species (including animals, plants, fungi, etc.) which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future.

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Toxin

A toxin (from toxikon) is a poisonous substance produced within living cells or organisms; synthetic toxicants created by artificial processes are thus excluded.

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Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake.

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Vaal River

The Vaal River is the largest tributary of the Orange River in South Africa.

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Vegetation

Vegetation is an assemblage of plant species and the ground cover they provide.

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Wastebasket taxon

Wastebasket taxon (also called a wastebin taxon, dustbin taxon or catch-all taxon) is a term used by some taxonomists to refer to a taxon that has the sole purpose of classifying organisms that do not fit anywhere else.

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Water pollution

Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies, usually as a result of human activities.

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Weir

A weir or low head dam is a barrier across the horizontal width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the river level.

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William Wardlaw Thompson

William Wardlaw Thompson (date of birth unknown - died 1917) was a South African ichthyologist and zoologist.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largemouth_yellowfish

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