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African scraping feeder
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Cyprininae
Genus:	Labeobarbus
Species:	L. beso
Binomial name
	Labeobarbus beso; (Rüppell, 1835)
Synonyms
	Barbus beso ; Capoeta beso ; Capoeta dillonii ; Chondrostoma dillonii ; Dillonia abyssinica ; Dillonia dillonii ; Systomus beso ; Varicorhinus beso ;

The African scraping feeder (Labeobarbus beso) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae.^[1] It is found in Lake Tana, and the Blue Nile and Awash River systems in Africa. It feeds by scraping algae off from the bottom with its mouth.^[2]

References

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Labeobarbus beso". FishBase.
^ Vijverberg, J.; F.A. Sibbing; E. Dejen (2009). "Lake Tana: Source of the Blue Nile". In H.J. Dumont (ed.). The Nile. Monographiae Biologicae. Vol. 89. Springer Science + Business Media B.V. pp. 163–193. ISBN 978-1-4020-9725-6.

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[1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Labeobarbus beso". FishBase.

[Vijverberg2009-2] Vijverberg, J.; F.A. Sibbing; E. Dejen (2009). "Lake Tana: Source of the Blue Nile". In H.J. Dumont (ed.). The Nile. Monographiae Biologicae. Vol. 89. Springer Science + Business Media B.V. pp. 163–193. ISBN 978-1-4020-9725-6.

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