Nile carp

Nile carp
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Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Labeo
Species:	L. niloticus
Binomial name
Labeo niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) [2]
Synonyms
Cyprinus niloticus Linnaeus, 1758

The Nile carp (Labeo niloticus) is a fish species in the genus Labeo . It feeds primarily on plankton, and is distributed along the entire Nile valley. It is generally believed^{[ by whom? ]} to be the fish that swallowed the phallus of the Egyptian god Osiris in the myth regarding his death at the hands of his brother Seth.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Azeroual, A.; Getahun, A.; Vreven, E. (2010). "Labeo niloticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T182692A7945029. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182692A7945029.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. FishBase