| Family: |
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps), subfamily: Torinae |
| Max. size: |
53 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Africa: Chiloango basin and Dja River (middle Congo River basin)(Ref. 81639). Also reported from the Niari (Ref. 53765) and Loeme (Ref. 81639) but this needs confirmation. Report from the Inkisi (lower Congo River basin) based on a misidentification (Ref. 88779). Report from Eala (Ruki drainage in Democratic Republic of the Congo)(Ref. 41591) needs confirmation. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 1-1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-13; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Diagnosis: mouth inferior; lips rather strongly developed, lower lip with a round mental lobe; two pairs of well-developed barbels, anterior pair a little shorter than the posterior pair, which are as long as, or longer than, eye diameter; lower jaw reaching to, or beyond, anterior margin of eye; last simple ray of dorsal fin strong and ossified, measuring 0.6-0.75x HL; no black stripes on caudal fin (Ref. 81639).
Description: large species; scales with striae parallel or convergent posteriorly; scale formula: 4.5-5/24-29/4-4.5/2-2.5/12; D: III-IV, 9-(10); A: III, 5; lateral line complete; dorsal fin deeply notched (Ref. 81639).
Coloration: ground color olive-brown dorsally, whitish ventrally; dorsal scales with dark basal spot; fins grey, dorsal and anal fins sometimes tinted red basally (Ref. 81639). |
| 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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