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Etymology: Labeo: Latin, labeo = one who has large lips (Ref. 45335); falcipinnis: From the Latin falcicula meaning sickle and pinna meaning feather, fin; named after the shape of the last single and the first branched dorsal fin rays which are the lomgest and which are falciform (Ref. 12456).
More on author: Boulenger.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Africa: Congo River basin in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 26192).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 38.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26192)
Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Vertebrae: 32. Lips with transverse plicae on inner surface; two pairs of barbels, the rostral pair very small (Ref. 12456). Genital orifice very far from the origin of the anal fin; maxillary barbels large, rostral barbels small, not externally visible (Ref. 26192).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Tshibwabwa, S.M. and G.G. Teugels, 1995. Contribution to the systematic revision of the African cyprinid fish genus Labeo: species from the Lower Zaire river system. J. Nat. Hist. 29:1543-1579. (Ref. 12456)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).