Labeo bottegi is fish in genus Labeo. It is known from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.[2]

Labeo bottegi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Labeo
Species:
L. bottegi
Binomial name
Labeo bottegi
Synonyms

Labeo brunellii Parenzan, 1939
Labeo carnigliae Zolezzi, 1939
Labeo neumanni Boulenger, 1904

Named in honor of Italian Army officer Vittorio Bottego (1860-1897), who led expedition to Somalia (1895-1897), during which type specimen was collected. [3]


References edit

  1. ^ Getahun, A. (2010). "Labeo bottegi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2010: e.T181638A7694801. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T181638A7694801.en.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Labeo bottegi" in FishBase. March 2013 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.