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Cyprinidae
Rednose Labeo
Labeo altivelis
Forty Nine Centimeters Carp from the Congo Basin
- Red
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Middle river
- Upper river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Elongated
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Red
Tropical
Regional distribution
Elongated
MediumRednose Labeo is a freshwater fish found around Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 49 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Labeo
- Maximum length
- 49 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Africa: lower and middle reaches of the Zambezi River system, including the Shire and Lake Malawi (Ref. 26190 ). Also in Lake Mweru and the Luapula (upper Congo River basin) (Ref. 26190 ). Range thought to extend to some East Coast rivers (Rufiji system) (Ref. 1440 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
