Rwandese carp

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Rwandese carp
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Cyprininae
Genus: Labeobarbus
Species:
L. platystomus
Binomial name
Labeobarbus platystomus
Pappenheim in Pappenheim & Boulenger, 1914
Synonyms

Varicorhinus platystomus
(Pappenheim & Boulenger, 1914)

The Rwandese carp (Labeobarbus platystomus), is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in Rwanda. Its natural habitat is fast flowing rivers. It is threatened by increased turbidity of the water due to the expansion of agriculture and deforestation in the land the rivers it occurs in drain. Pollution from that agriculture and introduced species also threatened the Rwandese carp.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b FishBase team RMCA; Geelhand, D. (2016). "Labeobarbus platystoma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T61232A47241242. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T61232A47241242.en. Retrieved 21 October 2022.