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Labeobarbus beso
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Labeobarbus beso

The African scraping feeder (Labeobarbus beso) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Lake Tana, and the Blue Nile and Awash River systems in Africa. It feeds by scraping algae off from the bottom with its mouth.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 613067.