The largescale yellowfish or Lowveld largescale yellowfish (Labeobarbus marequensis) is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. An African freshwater fish found from the Zambezi south to the Pongola River.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Large-scale Yellowfish being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Labeobarbus aeneus
- Labeo cylindricus
- Poropuntius deauratus
- Spinibarbus hollandi
- Opsariichthys bidens
- Enteromius paludinosus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Labeobarbus
- Species
- Labeobarbus marequensis
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