Nile carp

The Nile carp (Labeo niloticus) is a fish species in the genus Labeo. It feeds primarily on plankton, and is distributed along the entire Nile valley. The Nile carp's diet is classified as mostly herbivorous, and besides plankton, it commonly consumes green algae, blue-green algae, and diatoms (El-Naggar et al., 2019)^[4]. The species also has a large population of their species located in the Khashm El-Girba reservoir and Atbara River, and their breeding season occurs between the months of July to September (Abdalla et al., 2020)^[5]. It is generally believed^{[by whom?]} to be the fish that swallowed the phallus of the Egyptian god Osiris in the myth regarding his death at the hands of his brother Seth.^{[citation needed]}

Nile carp
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Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Labeo
Species:	L. niloticus
Binomial name
Labeo niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
Synonyms[3]
Cyprinus niloticus Linnaeus, 1758 Cyprinus niloticus Forsskål, 1775 Labeo vulgaris Heckel, 1847