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  • Labeobarbus
  • Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell
  • Fish described in 1835
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    African scraping feeder

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    African scraping feeder
    Conservation status

    Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Actinopterygii
    Order: Cypriniformes
    Family: Cyprinidae
    Subfamily: Torinae
    Genus: Labeobarbus
    Species:
    L. beso
    Binomial name
    Labeobarbus beso
    (Rüppell, 1835)
    Synonyms
    • Barbus beso
    • Capoeta beso
    • Capoeta dillonii
    • Chondrostoma dillonii
    • Dillonia abyssinica
    • Dillonia dillonii
    • Systomus beso
    • Varicorhinus beso

    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

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    1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Labeobarbus beso". FishBase.
    2. ^ 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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