''Labeobarbus brevicephalus'' is a species of

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

in the genus ''

Labeobarbus ''Labeobarbus'' is a mid-sized ray-finned fish genus in the family Cyprinidae. Its species are widely distributed throughout eastern Africa and especially southern Africa, but also in Lake Tana in Ethiopia. A common name, in particular for the s ...

'' which is endemic to

Lake Tana Lake Tana (; previously transcribed Tsana) is the largest lake in Ethiopia and a source of the Blue Nile. Located in Amhara Region in the north-western Ethiopian Highlands, the lake is approximately long and wide, with a maximum depth of , and ...

in Ethiopia. The ''L. brevicephalus'' is one of 17 endemic migratory African barb species that makes a species flock in

in Ethiopia. These small-sized, zooplanktinvorous, early maturing species perform breeding activities in the tributaries of the lake during the rainy season of the year. They tend to breed at the river mouth, downstream of the smaller tributaries near gravel deposits, in Lake Tana.

References

Endemic fauna of Ethiopia brevicephalus Fish described in 1997 Fish of Lake Tana {{Labeobarbus-stub