African scraping feeder

African scraping feeder
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

  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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