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Cyprinidae
Labeo alticentralis
Labeo alticentralis
Dark brown longitudinal body stripes
Labeo alticentralis is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it has been recorded from just a few locations, including two near Kisangani and one at Pool Malebo, a section of the Congo River. This benthopelagic freshwater fish reaches about 12.6 centimeters in maximum length and has dark brown longitudinal stripes along its body.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Labeo
- Maximum length
- 12.6 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Africa: Kinsuka (at the outflow of Pool Malebo), the middle Congo River near Kisangani, and Avokoko (Wagenia Falls area) in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 26192 ).
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
