Smallscale yellowfish

The smallscale yellowfish (Labeobarbus polylepis) is a South African species of freshwater fish in the cyprinid family. It is native to the Limpopo, Incomati and Pongolo drainages.

Smallscale yellowfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Cyprininae
Genus: Labeobarbus
Species:
L. polylepis
Binomial name
Labeobarbus polylepis
(Boulenger, 1907)[2]
Synonyms
  • Barbus polylepis Boulenger, 1907
  • Barbus elephantis Boulenger, 1907
  • Barbus lineolatus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1913

References
  1. Engelbrecht, J.; Bills, R.; Cambray, J. (2007). "Labeobarbus polylepis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63295A12639376. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63295A12639376.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Labeobarbus polylepis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.


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