| Family: |
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps), subfamily: Labeoninae |
| Max. size: |
40 cm SL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 2,500.0 g |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater, potamodromous |
| Distribution: |
Africa: Upper Zambezi/Okavango Rivers. |
| Diagnosis: |
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| Biology: |
Found over rocks in mainstream and in large soft-bottomed floodplain lagoons. Grazes algae and aufwuchs as well as detritus. A shoaling species, breeding in summer, possibly in flooded marginal habitats, as the young fish are caught in large numbers in fish-weirs set across floodwaters receding from floodplains (Ref. 7248). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 01 March 2007 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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