Scaly yellowfish

Scaly yellowfish
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Torinae
Genus:	Labeobarbus
Species:	L. natalensis
Binomial name
Labeobarbus natalensis (Castelnau, 1861) [2]
Synonyms [3]
Barbus natalensisCastelnau, 1861 Labeobarbus aureus Cope, 1867 Barbus aureus(Cope, 1867) Barbus bowkeri Boulenger, 1902 Barbus lobochilusBoulenger, 1911 Barbus mfongosi John Gilchrist (zoologist)Gilchrist & Thompson, 1913 Barbus robinsoniGilchrist & Thompson, 1913 Barbus zuluensisGilchrist & Thompson, 1913 Barbus dendrotrachelus Fowler, 1934 Barbus groutiFowler, 1934 Barbus stigmaticusFowler, 1934 Barbus tugelensisFowler, 1934 Barbus marleyiFowler, 1934

The scaly yellowfish, or KwaZulu-Natal yellowfish, (Labeobarbus natalensis) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae.

This fish is found in the Tugela River System in South Africa, as well as in the Umzimkulu, Umfolozi and the Mgeni. It is one of the most common fishes in KwaZulu-Natal Province and it lives in different habitats between the Drakensberg foothills and the coastal lowlands. ^[4] The species has been categorized as least concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. ^[1]

References

1. Cambray, J. (2007). "Labeobarbus natalensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63294A12639189. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63294A12639189.en .
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Labeobarbus natalensis". FishBase .
3. "Synonyms of Labeobarbus natalensis (Castelnau, 1861)". Fishbase . Retrieved 8 November 2017.
4. Robert Jeffrey Karssing (2008). "Status of the KwaZulu-Natal yellowfish Labeobarbus natalensis (Castelnau, 1861)". In N.D. Impson; I.R Bills; L. Wolhunter (eds.). Technical Report on the State of Yellowfishes in South Africa (PDF). pp. 31–43. ISBN   978-1-77005-719-7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-29. Retrieved 2012-03-29.