African scraping feeder

African scraping feeder
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Cyprininae
Genus:	Labeobarbus
Species:	L. beso
Binomial name
	Labeobarbus beso; (Rüppell, 1835)
Synonyms
	Barbus beso; Capoeta beso; Capoeta dillonii; Chondrostoma dillonii; Dillonia abyssinica; Dillonia dillonii; Systomus beso; Varicorhinus beso;

The African scraping feeder (Labeobarbus beso) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae.[1] 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.[2]

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Labeobarbus beso" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
Vijverberg, J.; F.A. Sibbing; E. Dejen (2009). "Lake Tana: Source of the Blue Nile". In H.J. Dumont (ed.). The Nile. Monographiae Biologicae. 89. Springer Science + Business Media B.V. pp. 163–193. ISBN 978-1-4020-9725-6.

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[1] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Labeobarbus beso" in FishBase. April 2006 version.

[Vijverberg2009-2] Vijverberg, J.; F.A. Sibbing; E. Dejen (2009). "Lake Tana: Source of the Blue Nile". In H.J. Dumont (ed.). The Nile. Monographiae Biologicae. 89. Springer Science + Business Media B.V. pp. 163–193. ISBN 978-1-4020-9725-6.