The Clanwilliam sandfish (Labeo seeberi) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in the Olifants River system in South Africa. It is one of South Africa's most threatened freshwater fish.[2]
Clanwilliam sandfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
Genus: | Labeo |
Species: | L. seeberi
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Binomial name | |
Labeo seeberi Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1911
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IUCN range
Extant (resident)
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References
edit- ^ Jordaan, M.; Lubbe, A.; Bragg, C.; Paxton, B.R.; Schumann, M.; Van der Walt, R. & Ngobela, T. (2020) [errata version of 2017 assessment]. "Labeo seeberi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T11071A174778890. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T11071A174778890.en. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Getaway Magazine, Saving South Africa's most threatened fish by Chloe Cowley, April 2022