Labeobarbus maroccanus, commonly known as the Atlas scraper,[1] is a species of medium to large cyprinid fish. It is found only in Morocco.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Labeobarbus |
| Species: | L. maroccanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Labeobarbus maroccanus (Günther, 1902)
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It is sometimes placed in the monospecific genus Pterocapoeta (as P. maroccana).[3][4] It is endemic to Morocco, and can be found in the Eastern part of the country from Oued Moulouya, and possibly as far west as Agadir. It is the only extant species of Labeobarbus found north of the Sahara following the extinction of L. reinii, all other species are only found in the afro tropical regions.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ a b Freyhof, J.; Ford, M. (2022). "Pterocapoeta maroccana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T60370A137281031. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T60370A137281031.en. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2024). "Labeobarbus maroccanus" in FishBase. July 2024 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Pterocapoeta maroccana". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ Yang, L., Sado, T., Hirt, M.V., Pasco-Viel, E., Arunachalam, M., Li, J., Wang, X., Freyhof, J., Saitoh, K., Simons, A.M., Miya, M., He, S. and Mayden, R.L. 2015. Phylogeny and polyploidy: resolving the classification of cyprinine fishes (Teleostei: Cypriniformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 85: 97-116
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