{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = Labeobarbus natalensis.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name = IUCN>{{cite journal | author = Cambray, J. | year = 2007 | title = ''Labeobarbus natalensis'' | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2007 | page= e.T63294A12639189 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63294A12639189.en| doi-access = free }}</ref> | taxon = Labeobarbus natalensis | display_parents = 3 | authority = (Castelnau, 1861)<ref>{{FishBase|Labeobarbus|natalensis}}</ref> | synonyms = *''Barbus natalensis'' <small>Castelnau, 1861</small> *''Labeobarbus aureus'' <small>Cope, 1867</small> *''Barbus aureus'' <small>(Cope, 1867)</small> *''Barbus bowkeri'' <small>Boulenger, 1902</small> *''Barbus lobochilus'' <small>Boulenger, 1911</small> *''Barbus mfongosi'' <small>John Gilchrist (zoologist)Gilchrist & Thompson, 1913</small> *''Barbus robinsoni'' <small>Gilchrist & Thompson, 1913</small> *''Barbus zuluensis'' <small>Gilchrist & Thompson, 1913</small> *''Barbus dendrotrachelus'' <small>Fowler, 1934</small> *''Barbus grouti'' <small>Fowler, 1934</small> *''Barbus stigmaticus'' <small>Fowler, 1934</small> *''Barbus tugelensis'' <small>Fowler, 1934</small> *''Barbus marleyi'' <small>Fowler, 1934</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name = FBS>{{cite web | url = http://www.fishbase.se/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=4689&SynCode=153131&GenusName=Labeobarbus&SpeciesName=natalensis | title = Synonyms of ''Labeobarbus natalensis'' (Castelnau, 1861) | accessdate = 8 November 2017 | publisher = Fishbase}}</ref> }}
The '''scaly yellowfish''', or '''KwaZulu-Natal yellowfish''', (''Labeobarbus natalensis'') is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae.
This fish is found in the Tugela River System in South Africa, as well as in the Umzimkulu, Umfolozi and the Mgeni. It is one of the most common fishes in KwaZulu-Natal Province and it lives in different habitats between the Drakensberg foothills and the coastal lowlands.<ref name = KV212>{{cite book | editor1 = N.D. Impson | editor2 = I.R Bills | editor3 = L. Wolhunter | year = 2008 | title = Technical Report on the State of Yellowfishes in South Africa | isbn = 978-1-77005-719-7 | author = Robert Jeffrey Karssing | chapter = Status of the KwaZulu-Natal yellowfish ''Labeobarbus natalensis'' (Castelnau, 1861) | pages = 31–43 | url = http://www.wrc.org.za/Knowledge%20Hub%20Documents/Research%20Reports/KV212-web-conservation.pdf | archive-date = 2017-06-29 | access-date = 2012-03-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170629065416/http://www.wrc.org.za/Knowledge%20Hub%20Documents/Research%20Reports/KV212-web-conservation.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> The species has been categorized as least concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List.<ref name = IUCN/>
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Category:Labeobarbus Category:Freshwater fish of South Africa Category:Taxa named by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau Category:Fish described in 1861
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