African scraping feeder
| African scraping feeder | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Torinae |
| Genus: | Labeobarbus |
| Species: | L. beso |
| Binomial name | |
| Labeobarbus beso (Rüppell, 1835) | |
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The African scraping feeder (Labeobarbus beso) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Lake Tana, and the Blue Nile and Awash River systems in Africa. It feeds by scraping algae off from the bottom with its mouth.