Lake Turkana barb

Lake Turkana barb
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Barbus
Species: B. turkanae
Binomial name
Barbus turkanae
A. J. Hopson & J. Hopson, 1982

The Lake Turkana barb (Barbus turkanae) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is endemic to Lake Turkana in Kenya. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.

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