Scaly yellowfish

Scaly yellowfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Labeobarbus
Species: L. natalensis
Binomial name
Labeobarbus natalensis
(Castelnau, 1861)[1]

The scaly yellowfish (Labeobarbus natalensis) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae.

This fish is found in the Tugela River System in South Africa, as well as in the Umzimkulu, Umfolozi and the Mgeni. It is one of the most common fishes in KwaZulu-Natal Province and it lives in different habitats between the Drakensberg foothills and the coastal lowlands.[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Labeobarbus natalensis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  2. Technical Report on the State of Yellowfishes in South Africa 2007
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