Rwandese carp

The Rwandese carp (Labeobarbus platystomus), is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in Rwanda. Its natural habitat is fast flowing rivers. It is threatened by increased turbidity of the water due to the expansion of agriculture and deforestation in the land the rivers it occurs in drain. Pollution from that agriculture and introduced species also threatened the Rwandese carp.^[1]

Rwandese carp
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Torinae
Genus:	Labeobarbus
Species:	L. platystomus
Binomial name
Labeobarbus platystomus Pappenheim in Pappenheim & Boulenger, 1914
Synonyms
Varicorhinus platystomus (Pappenheim & Boulenger, 1914)