| Largemouth yellowfish | |
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| Photo of the official South African Largemouth yellowfish open record of 22.2 Kg, that was caught in Vaaldam during an angling club competition. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cyprininae |
| Genus: | Labeobarbus |
| Species: | L. kimberleyensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Labeobarbus kimberleyensis (Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1913)
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The largemouth yellowfish or Vaal-Orange largemouth yellowfish (Labeobarbus kimberleyensis) is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. This large freshwater barb is found in southern Africa.[2]
It has long been placed in Barbus, the "wastebin genus" for barbs, by default; however, the species is increasingly being restored to related yellowfish genus Labeobarbus which seems a much more appropriate placement. It is probably hexaploid like the other yellowfish. L. kimberleyensis shares mtDNA haplotypes with the sympatric smallmouth yellowfish (L. aeneus), but is morphologically distinct. This typically indicates either species that have recently diverged, or hybrid introgression, or morphs that are mistakenly considered distinct species. The latter does not seem likely in this case, as the two differ much in size alone, but the actual cause for the genetic similarity remains unstudied.[3]
- ^ Barkhuizen, L.M (2017). "Labeobarbus kimberleyensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T63292A174782649. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T63292A174782649.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Impson & Swarz (2007)
- ^ Impson & Swarz (2007), de Graaf et al. (2007)