Labeobarbus stappersii

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Labeobarbus stappersii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Cyprininae
Genus: Labeobarbus
Species:
L. stappersii
Binomial name
Labeobarbus stappersii
(Boulenger, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Barbus stappersii
  • Barbus curtus
  • Barbus moeruensis
  • Barbus oxycephalus

Labeobarbus stappersii is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Labeobarbus is found in Lake Mweru and the Luapula River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia. [1]

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Labeobarbus stappersii" in FishBase . April 2006 version.