Labeo worthingtoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
Genus: | Labeo |
Species: | †L. worthingtoni |
Binomial name | |
†Labeo worthingtoni | |
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Labeo worthingtoni is a species of benthopelagic, freshwater ray-finned fish in genus Labeo which was endemic to Lake Malawi [2] and is now considered extinct. [1]
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