''Labeobarbus brevicephalus'' is a species of
ray-finned fish in the genus ''
Labeobarbus'' which is endemic to
Lake Tana
Lake Tana ( am, ጣና ሐይቅ, T’ana ḥāyik’i; previously Tsana) is the largest lake in Ethiopia and the source of the Blue Nile. Located in Amhara Region in the north-western Ethiopian Highlands, the lake is approximately long and wid ...
in Ethiopia.
The ''L. brevicephalus'' is one of 17
endemic migratory African barb species that makes a species flock in
Lake Tana
Lake Tana ( am, ጣና ሐይቅ, T’ana ḥāyik’i; previously Tsana) is the largest lake in Ethiopia and the source of the Blue Nile. Located in Amhara Region in the north-western Ethiopian Highlands, the lake is approximately long and wid ...
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
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