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Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Labeoninae
Etymology: Labeo: Latin, labeo = one who has large lips (Ref. 45335); simpsoni: Named after M. Charles Simpson (Ref. 26192).
Eponymy: Charles ‘Chambeshi’ ‘Charlie’ or ‘Butty’ D Simpson (d: 1937) was Superintendent of the African Lakes Corporation, Nyasaland. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce bentopelágico. Tropical; 7°N - 15°S
Africa: middle and upper Congo River basin in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia (Ref. 26192).
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 26192)
Descrição suscinta
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raios dorsais (total) : 9 - 10; Vértebras: 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).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Tshibwabwa, S.M., 1997. Systématique des espèces africaines du genre Labeo (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) dans les régions ichtyogéographiques de Basse-Guinée et du Congo. II. Presses Universitaires de Namur, Namur, Belgique. 227 p. (Ref. 26192)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: sem interesse
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Estimates based on models
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00933 (0.00305 - 0.02858), b=3.01 (2.76 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): médio(a), tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (17 of 100).