Albert Chakona

Rhodes University — South Africa

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

18h-index929citations105works0.62yr avg
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Research Topics

Fish Ecology and Management Studies(64), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies(61), Fish biology, ecology, and behavior(41), Genetic diversity and population structure(15), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior(11)

Publications105 total

Nothobranchius balamaensis (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of annual killifish from northern Mozambique
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Beyond Oman’s shores: records of Oxyurichthys omanensis (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the central and southern regions of the Western Indian Ocean
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Hidden in the riffles: A new suckermouth catfish (Mochokidae, Chiloglanis) from the middle Zambezi River system, Zimbabwe
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
The Doring River population of Pseudobarbus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) does not merit formal description
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Pseudobarbus outeniqua sp. nov., a new redfin species (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) from the Cape Fold Ecoregion of South Africa
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
A review of the Pseudobarbusafer (Peters, 1864) species complex (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) in the eastern Cape Fold Ecoregion of South Africa
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Designation of a neotype for Enteromiuspallidus (Smith, 1841), an endemic cyprinid minnow from the Cape Fold Ecoregion, South Africa
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Description of two new species of Chiloglanis (Teleostei, Mochokidae) from the Eastern Zimbabwe Highlands freshwater ecoregion: an overlooked hotspot of rheophilic fishes
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
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
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Nothobranchius balamaensis (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of annual killifish from northern Mozambique
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Systematic review of Pseudobarbus burchelli (Teleostei, Cyprinidae), with revalidation of P. vulneratus and description of a new species
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Diversity of the southern Africa Lacustricola Myers, 1924 and redescription of Lacustricola johnstoni (Guenther, 1894) and Lacustricola myaposae (Boulenger, 1908) (Cyprinodontiformes, Procatopodidae)
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Mitogenome recovered from a 19 th Century holotype by shotgun sequencing supplies a generic name for an orphaned clade of African weakly electric fishes (Osteoglossomorpha, Mormyridae)
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Pseudobarbus kubhekai sp. nov., a new redfin (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Nine in one: integrative taxonomic evidence of hidden species diversity in the widespread Zambezi grunter, Parauchenoglanis ngamensis (Siluriformes: Auchenoglanididae), from southern and south-central Africa
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Synergistic effects of metal pollution and habitat degradation from artisanal gold mining drive species-specific oxidative stress and biodiversity loss in a semi-arid river catchment
Environmental Pollution·2026
A prelude to the molecular systematics and diversity of <i>Labeobarbus</i> ( <scp>Teleostei, Cyprinidae</scp> ) <scp>in KwaZulu‐Natal</scp> , <scp>South Africa</scp> , with the description of a new large chiselmouth
Journal of Fish Biology·2025
On the conflict between science and ethics: the case of the moggel, <i>Labeo umbratus</i> ( <scp>Teleostei: Cyprinidae</scp> ) from <scp>South Africa</scp>
Journal of Fish Biology·2025Open Access
The Doring River population of Pseudobarbus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) does not merit formal description
Zootaxa·2025
Review of the southern African slender stonebashers, genus <scp><i>Heteromormyrus</i></scp> Steindachner 1866 (Teleostei: Mormyridae), with description of six new species
Journal of Fish Biology·2025Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Ernst R. Swartz(12), Wilbert T. Kadye(12), Paul Skelton(8), Martine S. Jordaan(6), Pedro H. N. Bragança(6), Gavin Gouws(5), Emmanuel Vreven(5), Crispen Phiri(4), Roger Bills(4), Olaf L. F. Weyl(3), Dewidine Van der Colff(3), Paulette Bloomer(3), Bruce R. Ellender(2), Jenny A. Day(2), Jeremy M. Shelton(2), Bruce R. Paxton(2), Helen F. Dallas(2), Manda J. Kambikambi(2), Daniel Mazungula(2), Tadiwa I. Mutizwa(2)