Labeobarbus brevicephalus explained

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Labeobarbus brevicephalus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Labeobarbus which is endemic to Lake Tana in Ethiopia.

The L. brevicephalus is one of 17 endemic migratory African barb species that makes a species flock in Lake Tana in Ethiopia.^[2] These small-sized, zooplanktinvorous, early maturing species perform breeding activities in the tributaries of the lake during the rainy season of the year.^[3] They tend to breed at the river mouth, downstream of the smaller tributaries near gravel deposits, in Lake Tana.

Notes and References

1. Abdissa . Getahun . 2022 . Cryopreservation of sperm of Labeobarbus brevicephalus (Pisces: Cyprinidae) from Lake Tana (Ethiopia). . Aquaculture . 548 . 5. 737697 . 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737697 . 2022Aquac.54837697A . 243973407 .
2. Abdissa . Belay . Getahun . Abebe . Dejen . Eshete . 2022-02-15 . Cryopreservation of sperm of Labeobarbus brevicephalus (Pisces: Cyprinidae) from Lake Tana (Ethiopia) . Aquaculture . en . 548 . 737697 . 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737697 . 2022Aquac.54837697A . 243973407 . 0044-8486.
3. Abdissa . Belay . Getahun . Abebe . Dejen . Eshete . 2022-04-01 . Emulating the natural spawning conditions of Labeobarbus brevicephalus (PISCES: Cyprinidae) from Lake Tana, Ethiopia . Aquaculture Reports . en . 23 . 101044 . 10.1016/j.aqrep.2022.101044 . 247016294 . 2352-5134. free . 2022AqRep..2301044A .