The Clanwilliam sandfish (''Labeo seeberi'') is a species of
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.
The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...
in the family
Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...
. It is found in the
Olifants River system in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
. It is one of South Africa's most threatened freshwater fish.
[Getaway Magazine, ''Saving South Africa's most threatened fish'' by Chloe Cowley, April 2022]
References
Labeo
Freshwater fish of South Africa
Fish described in 1911
Taxa named by John Dow Fisher Gilchrist
Taxa named by William Wardlaw Thompson
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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