| Family: |
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps), subfamily: Labeoninae |
| Max. size: |
22 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Africa: middle and upper Congo River basin in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia (Ref. 26192). |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Vertebrae: 29-30. Lips plicate; dorsal fin falciform with 4 simple and 9 to 10 branched rays; snout rounded, very prominent and provided with a large, deep transverse furrow and a fleshy appendix at the end, numerous tubercules on the snout and the rostral lobe; eyes in superolateral position; body elongated with a dark lateral brown band on the flanks, broadens at the base of the caudal fin; genital orifice very far from origin of the anal fin (Ref. 26192). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 16 February 2009 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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