%0 Journal Article %T Karyology of the redfin minnows, genus Pseudobarbus Smith, 1841 (Teleostei: Cyprinidae): one of the evolutionarily tetraploid lineages ofSouth African barbines %A D. Naran %A M.H. Villet %A P.H. Skelton %J African Zoology %D 2011 %I %X The karyotypes of six species ofPseudobarbus Smith, 1841, namely P. afer (Peters, 1864), P. asper (Boulenger, 1911), P. burchelli Smith, 1841, P. burgi (Boulenger, 1911), P. phlegethon (Barnard, 1938) and P. tenuis (Barnard, 1938), were examined by conventional Giemsa staining and described. All six karyotypes have 2n = 100 chromosomes, dominated by biarmed %K Pseudobarbus %K Barbinae %K tetraploidy %K cytogenetics %K karyotype %U http://africanzoology.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/353