Author: (Peters, 1864)
FBname: Eastern Cape redfin
Comments: This species refers clear rocky pools; fry and juveniles occur in large schoals, adults in small groups (Ref. 7248). Once common and widely distributed, but <i>Pseudobarbus afer</i> suffered severe decline in distribution and abundance, mainly due to the invasion by alien predators and competitors, deterioration of water quality and loss of critical habitat (Ref. 114782). Omnivorous, feeding mainly from the bottom on algae and small invertebrates (Ref. 7248). Breeds in summer, spawning in riffles above pools (Ref. 7248).