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Green labeo

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Green labeo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Labeo
Species:
L. fisheri
Binomial name
Labeo fisheri
Synonyms
  • Labeo gadeya Deraniyagala, 1929
  • Morulius gadeya (Deraniyagala, 1929)

The green labeo or mountain labeo (Labeo fisheri) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in Sri Lanka, where it occurs in some of the streams in the basin of the Mahaweli River. Its habitat is clear, rocky, fast flowing mountain streams which are shaded by trees. It feeds on algae on the substrate and is a fast swimming species.[2] It is threatened by the damming of streams for hydro-electric and irrigation schemes, as well as the deforestation of the rainforests it is found in, and the resulting siltation and increased turbidity of the streams. It may already be extinct.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Devi, R.; Boguskaya, N. (2009). "Labeo fisheri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2009: e.T11070A3249297. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T11070A3249297.en.
  2. ^ Rainer Froese; Daniel Froese, eds. (2017). "Labeo fisheri Jordan & Starks, 1917 Green labeo". Fishbase. Retrieved 29 October 2017.


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