
The ningu (Labeo victorianus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in the Lake Victoria basin in Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, freshwaterlakes, freshwater marshes, and inland deltas. It is threatened by a loss of habitat due to pollution, siltation and drainage as agriculture expands in the Lake Victoria basin, by overfishing on their breeding migrations and by introduced alien fish.[1]
References
- 12FishBase team RMCA.; Geelhand, D. (2016). "Labeo victorianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T60318A47182908. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60318A47182908.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- āRainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Labeo victorianus Boulenger, 1901 Ningu". Fishbase. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- Labeo
- Fish described in 1901
- Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
- Labeoninae stubs