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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Rift Lakes, Baro and Omo drainage basins (Ref. 58460). Also Ref. 2801.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/et.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Getahun, A., 2007
National Database:

Common names from other countries

尼罗野鲮, Dabs kabir, Niiluse narmasmokk, ... more

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Labeoninae
Etymology: Labeo: Latin, labeo = one who has large lips (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Issue
According to Fricke (2008: Ref. 83466) and Eschmeyer (CofF ver. May 2011: Ref. 86870), this species has been wrongly named Labeo niloticus (Forsskål, 1775) for a long time, and should be named Labeo vulgaris Haeckel, 1847. This needs further evidence and we keep Labeo niloticus but with the authorship as (Linnaeus, 1758) until the case is fixed.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Tropical

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Africa: within drainage basin of Nile River, including Blue Nile and White Nile (Ref. 1440, 28714), and Lake Turkana and Omo River (Ref. 1440). Not known from any East Coast rivers or from the Congo basin; several dubious records from West Africa require validation (Ref. 1440).

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m 24.0, range 22 - 26 cm
Max length : 63.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 876)

Most closely resembles L. horie, with which it has often been confused (Ref. 1440).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Reid, G.M., 1985. A revision of African species of Labeo (Pisces: Cyprinidae) and a re-definition of the genus. Verlag von J. Cramer, Braunschweig. 322 p. (Ref. 1440)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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Labeo niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)