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Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Labeoninae
Etymology: Labeo: Latin, labeo = one who has large lips (Ref. 45335); reidi: Name is dedicated to M. Gordon McGregor Reid, English ichthyologist who published in 1985, a systematic revision of Labeo in Africa (Ref. 26192).
Eponymy: Professor Dr Gordon McGregor Reid (d: 1948) is a British ichthyologist, zoologist and zoo director. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Tropical; 3°N - 3°S
Africa: middle Congo River (Ref. 26192), Tshopo River (Ref. 26192, 106290) and Wagenia Falls (Ref. 106245) in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 26192).
Size / Peso / Age
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.5 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 26192)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 10 - 14; Vertebre: 32. Lips plicate; dorsal fin concave, with 4 simple rays and 10 to 11 branched rays, snout more or less pointed and without transverse furrow; interocular space flat; maxillary barbels and rostral pair large, externally visible; eyes in lateral position; body with longitudinal stripes a dark brown mark at the end of the caudal peduncle and at the base of the caudal fin; genital orifice near the origin of the anal fin (Ref. 26192).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: di nessun interesse
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio.
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).
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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