Biology:Scaly yellowfish
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Short description: Species of fish
| Scaly yellowfish | |
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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. natalensis
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| Labeobarbus natalensis (Castelnau, 1861)[2]
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The scaly yellowfish, or KwaZulu-Natal 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.[4] The species has been categorized as least concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cambray, J. (2007). "Labeobarbus natalensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63294A12639189. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63294A12639189.en.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Labeobarbus natalensis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ↑ "Synonyms of Labeobarbus natalensis (Castelnau, 1861)". Fishbase. http://www.fishbase.se/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=4689&SynCode=153131&GenusName=Labeobarbus&SpeciesName=natalensis. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ↑ Robert Jeffrey Karssing (2008). "Status of the KwaZulu-Natal yellowfish Labeobarbus natalensis (Castelnau, 1861)". Technical Report on the State of Yellowfishes in South Africa. pp. 31–43. ISBN 978-1-77005-719-7. http://www.wrc.org.za/Knowledge%20Hub%20Documents/Research%20Reports/KV212-web-conservation.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q2313874 entry
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