Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Drakensberg minnow, Drakensberg minnow (FB), Maluti minnow
Description
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
Labeobarbus species have spawning migrations
. (pers comm.
Brummett, R.). This species is benthopelagic.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Cypriniformes
()
- Family:
Cyprinidae
()
- Genus:
Labeobarbus
()
- Specific name:
aspius
- (Boulenger, 1912)
- Scientific name: - Labeobarbus aspius (Boulenger, 1912)
- Specific name:
aspius
- (Boulenger, 1912)
- Genus:
Labeobarbus
(
- Family:
Cyprinidae
(
- Order:
Cypriniformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Barbus aspius
Similar Species
Members of the genus Labeobarbus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. aeneus (Vaal-Orange Smallmouth Yellowfish) · L. aspius (Drakensberg Minnow) · L. capensis (Clanwilliam Yellowfish) · L. codringtonii (Upper Zambezi Yellowfish) · L. intermedius (Ethiopia Barb) · L. intermedius australis (Baringo Barb) · L. intermedius intermedius (Ethiopia Barb) · L. kimberleyensis (Largemouth Yellowfish) · L. marequensis (Lowveld Largescale Yellowfish) · L. natalensis (Kwazulu-Natal Yellowfish) · L. polylepis (Bushveld Smallscale Yellowfish) · L. tambroides (Greater Brook Carp) · L. zambezensis (Fuelleborn's Cichlid)
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Further Reading
- IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.3). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 2 September 2010).
- Pan-Africa freshwater assessment references. Currently, full citations for references used in the Pan-Africa biodiversity assessments are unavailable on the Red List web site. These will be added to the site in 2011. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
- Moelants, T. 2010. Labeobarbus aspius. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
Identifiers
- IUCN ID: 217669
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4751896
Footnotes
- Moelants, T. 2010. Labeobarbus aspius. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
