Biology:Rwandese carp
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Short description: Species of fish
| Rwandese carp | |
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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. platystomus
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| Binomial name | |
| Labeobarbus platystomus Pappenheim in Pappenheim & Boulenger, 1914
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| Synonyms | |
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Varicorhinus platystomus | |
The Rwandese carp (Labeobarbus platystomus), is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in Rwanda. Its natural habitat is fast flowing rivers. It is threatened by increased turbidity of the water due to the expansion of agriculture and deforestation in the land the rivers it occurs in drain. Pollution from that agriculture and introduced species also threatened the Rwandese carp.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 FishBase team RMCA; Geelhand, D. (2016). "Labeobarbus platystoma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T61232A47241242. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T61232A47241242.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/61232/47241242. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
Wikidata ☰ Q27990511 entry
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