African scraping feeder
| African scraping feeder | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cyprininae |
| Genus: | Labeobarbus |
| Species: | L. beso
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| Binomial name | |
| Labeobarbus beso (Rüppell, 1835)
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The African scraping feeder (Labeobarbus beso) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae.[1] It is found in Lake Tana, and the Blue Nile and Awash River systems in Africa. It feeds by scraping algae off from the bottom with its mouth.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Labeobarbus beso" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ^ Vijverberg, J.; F.A. Sibbing; E. Dejen (2009). "Lake Tana: Source of the Blue Nile". In H.J. Dumont (ed.). The Nile. Monographiae Biologicae. Vol. 89. Springer Science + Business Media B.V. pp. 163–193. ISBN 978-1-4020-9725-6.
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