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Large-scale yellowfish

Labeobarbus marequensis (Smith, 1841)

Status not recordedbony fish

The large-scale yellowfish (Labeobarbus marequensis) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the large-scale yellowfish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the large-scale yellowfish live?

Not recorded

Is the large-scale yellowfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the large-scale yellowfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusLabeobarbus
  7. SpeciesLabeobarbus marequensis (Smith, 1841)

Synonyms Barbus brucii, Barbus brucii gunningi, Barbus cookei, Barbus cookii, Barbus dwaarsensis, Barbus fairbairnii, Barbus gunningi, Barbus inermis, Barbus marequensis, Barbus nasutus, Barbus rhodesianus, Barbus sabiensis, Barbus sector, Barbus swierstrae, Barbus swierstrai, Barbus victoriae, Barbus zambezensis, Labeobarbus zambezensis, Varicorhinus brucii, Varicorhinus nasutus

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Lowveld largescale yellowfishEnglish
  • Grootskub-geelvisAfrikaans
  • parma pongolonskáCzech
  • MatembaNyanja
  • Усач марекенскийRussian
  • Laeveld grootskub-geelvisAfrikaans

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the large-scale yellowfish

Other species in the same genus Labeobarbus.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the large-scale yellowfish?

The large-scale yellowfish (Labeobarbus marequensis) belongs to the family Cyprinidae in the order Cypriniformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Large-scale yellowfish (Labeobarbus marequensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/large-scale-yellowfish

MLA

“Large-scale yellowfish (Labeobarbus marequensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/large-scale-yellowfish.

BibTeX
@misc{large_scale_yellowfish_2026,
  title = {Large-scale yellowfish (Labeobarbus marequensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/large-scale-yellowfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}