The Upper Zambezi yellowfish, ''Labeobarbus codringtonii'', is commonly found throughout the

Zambezi The Zambezi River (also spelled Zambeze and Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in Africa, the longest east-flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa. Its drainage basin covers , slightly less than hal ...

and Okavango Rivers in Southern

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. They prefer fast flowing water over cobble and rocky bottoms where they predominantly feed on aquatic insects and

crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group ...

s. Their exaggerated fins help them manoeuvre in the fast water and they are powerful swimmers. The Zambezi yellowfish is highly sought after by sport anglers and fly fishing is the preferred method of catching them.

References

Labeobarbus Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger Fish described in 1908 {{Labeoninae-stub