Labeobarbus macrophtalmus
Labeobarbus macrophtalmus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Labeobarbus which is endemic to Lake Tana in Ethiopia where it is one of the rarer species of fish. It is threatened by overfishing, pollution, sedimentation and the introduction of invasive fish species.[1]
| Labeobarbus macrophtalmus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cyprininae |
| Genus: | Labeobarbus |
| Species: | L. macrophtalmus |
| Binomial name | |
| Labeobarbus macrophtalmus (Bini, 1940)[2] | |
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References
- Snoeks, J.; Laleye, P.; Getahun, A.; Contreras-MacBeath, T. (2010). "Labeobarbus macrophtalmus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2010: e.T169459A6633029. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T169459A6633029.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Labeobarbus macrophtalmus" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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