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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Torinae |
| Genus: | Labeobarbus |
| Species: | L. natalensis |
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| Labeobarbus natalensis | |
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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
[edit]- 1 2 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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Labeobarbus natalensis". FishBase.
- ↑ "Synonyms of Labeobarbus natalensis (Castelnau, 1861)". Fishbase. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ↑ Robert Jeffrey Karssing (2008). "Status of the KwaZulu-Natal yellowfish Labeobarbus natalensis (Castelnau, 1861)". In N.D. Impson; I.R Bills; L. Wolhunter (eds.). Technical Report on the State of Yellowfishes in South Africa (PDF). pp. 31–43. ISBN 978-1-77005-719-7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-29. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
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