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Clanwilliam sandfish

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Species of fish

Clanwilliam sandfish
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Labeo
Species: L. seeberi
Binomial name
Labeo seeberi
Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1911
IUCN range   Extant (resident)

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.

References

  1. Jordaan, M.; Lubbe, A.; Bragg, C.; Paxton, B.R.; Schumann, M.; Van der Walt, R. & Ngobela, T. (2020) . "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.
  2. Getaway Magazine, Saving South Africa's most threatened fish by Chloe Cowley, April 2022
Taxon identifiers
Labeo seeberi


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