FB-2434 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2434 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cypriniformes Cyprinidae Labeo Labeo coubie Rüppell, 1832 Kwangurameli Agbombo Kada Tutkum Labeo obecné Labeo tonganské African carp Aafrika narmasmokk Agbogboyibor Agbongboyibor Afrikanlabeo Agbonmo Bakin Barkin Dumi Data Dubi Dummi Maida Azu ogwu Dula selem Dolla binne Yugunbinne Satt Bedempuure Bobirefin Dirima kobiye Djêrê Djrêh Durumbia Edu Janndere baleere Kidgoo Taï Te Teing Tobol 乍得野鯪 乍得野鲮 库比野鲮 庫比野鯪 汤加野鲮 湯加野鯪 莱雷湖野鲮 萊雷湖野鯪 Labeo cubie Rüppell, 1832 Labeo lereensis Blache & Miton, 1960 Labeo niloticus (non Forskål, 1775) Labeo pseudocoubie Blache & Miton, 1960 Labeo selti Valenciennes, 1842 Labeo steindachneri Pfeffer, 1896 Labeo steindachnerii Pfeffer, 1896 Labeo tongaensis Rendahl, 1935 Labeo uhamensis Pellegrin, 1920 1991-03-05 2010-09-30 Teugels, G.G., C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and K. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2434 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Lacou_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Lacou_u0.gif FB-pic-2434-13509 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1997-02-22 1997-02-22 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2434 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Lacou_u1.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Lacou_u1.gif FB-GeneralDescr-2434 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-05 00:00:00 2010-09-30 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2434 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle Inhabit rivers (Ref. 4967). Tshibwabwa, S.M. 1997 Systématique des espèces africaines du genre <i>Labeo</i> (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) dans les régions ichtyogéographiques de Basse-Guinée et du Congo. II. Presses Universitaires de Namur, Namur, Belgique. 227 p. (Ref. 26192) FB-DiagnosticDescr-2434 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1992-07-21 00:00:00 2022-10-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2434 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Diagnosis: dorsal profile straight to slightly arched; body dark and dull; rostral lobe poorly developed, its free margin smooth (Ref. 2940, 81282). Distal margin of dorsal fin straight or convex; inner surface of lips with 4-10 transverse folds or costae (Ref. 2940, 28714, 81282). Inferior mouth with well-developed lips forming a sucker-like ring enclosing the jaws; snout typically swollen, as long as or much longer than the postocular part of the head (Ref. 28714). Body not cylindriform, its depth 27-39% of SL (Ref. 28714) or 2.3-3.3 times in SL (Ref. 2940, 81282). Depth of caudal peduncle 0.7-1.3x its length; 26-46 (50-150mm) and 37-47 (150-250mm) gill rakers; scale formula 5.5-7.5/36-40/6.5-7.5; 4.5 scales between lateral line and pelvic-fin base; 16 (18) scales around caudal peduncle (Ref. 2940, 81282). 11-14 dorsal fin branched rays (Ref. 2940, 28714, 81282). Description: large species; mouth inferior with small posterior barbel at corner of mouth, anterior barbel visible in young, but disappearing with age; distal margin of dorsal fin straight or convex (Ref. 2940, 26190, 81282), some forms with strongly rounded dorsal fin were described as L. pseudocoubie; D:IV,12-15; A:III,5; P:17-19; V:9 (Ref. 2940, 81282). Eyes in superolateral position (Ref. 26190). Coloration: general appearance dark; back and sides greyish-blue to blackish-maux; belly light; fins blackish or slate-colored; scales on sides bluish-black with mauve or red centre; juveniles grey with scale rows separated by dark, undulate longitudinal lines; a large, round blotch on caudal peduncle (Ref. 2940, 81282). Lévêque, C. 2003 Cyprinidae. p. 322-436. In D. Paugy, C. Lévêque and G.G Teugels (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa Volume 1. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 40. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 457p. (Ref. 81282) FB-Morphology-2434 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1992-07-21 00:00:00 2022-10-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2434 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 19; Analsoft rays: 8 - 11; Vertebrae: 31 - 33 Lévêque, C. 2003 Cyprinidae. p. 322-436. In D. Paugy, C. Lévêque and G.G Teugels (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa Volume 1. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 40. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 457p. (Ref. 81282) FB-Distribution-2434 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-05 00:00:00 2022-08-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2434 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Africa: very widespread, within the drainage basin of the Nile (Ref. 1440, 2801, 28714), Chad, Niger-Bénoué, Volta, Senegal and Gambia basins, as well as Cross River (Ref. 1440, 2940, 81282). Report from Cameroon coastal rivers (Ref. 1440) unconfirmed in Ref 81639. Not reliable known from the Congo River basin (Ref. 1440) and one controversial record from the East coast of Africa (Ref. 1440). Ref. 2801 reports presence in Warri (Nigeria) and Kingani (Tanzania). Reid, G.M. 1985 A revision of African species of <i>Labeo</i> (Pisces: Cyprinidae) and a re-definition of the genus. Verlag von J. Cramer, Braunschweig. 322 p. (Ref. 1440) FB-Uses-2434 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-05 00:00:00 2010-09-30 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2434 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription fisheries: commercial; aquarium: public aquariums Eccles, D.H. 1992 FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Tanzania. Prepared and published with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (project URT/87/016). FAO, Rome. 145 p. (Ref. 4967) Flower, S.S. 1935 Further notes on the duration of life in animals. I. Fishes: as determined by otolith and scale-readings and direct observations on living individuals. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 2:265-304. (Ref. 274) FB-Migration-2434 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-05 00:00:00 2010-09-30 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2434 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243) FB-TrophicStrategy-2434 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-01-21 00:00:00 2000-08-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public coubie http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Two forms of this species are different in the shape of the dorsal fin (Ref. 4967). Whitehead, V. 1969 Investigations into the food habits of some juvenile fish in the Volta Lake during the period from October 1969 to March 1969 with some notes on distribution and abundance. University of Ghana, Volta Research Project Tech. Rep. X30. (Ref. 3681) FB-Size-2434 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-05 00:00:00 2010-09-30 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2434 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses 75.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 2801)); max. published weight: 5,000 g (Ref. 3799) Lévêque, C. and J. Daget 1984 Cyprinidae. p. 217-342. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1. (Ref. 2801) Ita, E.O. 1984 Kainji (Nigeria). p. 43-103. In J.M. Kapetsky and T. Petr (eds.) Status of African reservoir fisheries. CIFA Tech. Pap. 10:326 p. (Ref. 3799) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-2434 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-03-05 00:00:00 2010-09-30 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2434 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size benthopelagic; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); freshwater Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243)