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Cyprinidae
Orange River Mudfish
Labeo capensis
Carp Over Sandy Bottoms
- Orange
- Tropical
- Restricted distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Orange
Tropical
Restricted distribution
MediumOrange River Mudfish is known from Africa as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Labeo
- Maximum length
- 50 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- Africa: within the drainage basin of the Orange-Vaal River system to which it is possibly restricted. Hitherto thought to occur in the Limpopo system and in southern Cape watersheds which records may be erroneous.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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