Eastern Province rocky
| Eastern Province rocky | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anabantiformes |
| Family: | Anabantidae |
| Genus: | Sandelia |
| Species: | S. bainsii
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| Binomial name | |
| Sandelia bainsii Castelnau, 1861
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The Eastern Province rocky (Sandelia bainsii), also known as rocky kurper, is a species of fish in the Anabantidae family. It is endemic to South Africa.
It used to be found in small populations dispersed in small areas over a wide distribution throughout the Eastern Cape, such as in the Gulu River, Igoda River, Yellowwoods River (Buffalo), Nahoon River, Kowie River, Koonap River, Kat River (Great Fish) and the Tyhume River (Keiskamma). It is doubtful whether those fragmented populations will be viable in the future because they find themselves under a number of threats from agricultural practices, pollution and invasive species.[1]
References
- Skelton, P. 1996. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 August 2007.
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