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Cyprinidae
Purple Labeo
Labeo congoro
Forty One Point Five Centimeters Carp of the Congo Basin
- Purple
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Purple
Tropical
Regional distribution
Fusiform
MediumPurple Labeo is known from Africa as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Labeo
- Maximum length
- 41.5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Africa: Zambezi river and the Incomati system (Ref. 1440 ); the warmer lowveld reaches of the middle and lower Zambezi system (Ref. 52193 ); Pungwe, Buzi, Sabi and Lundi rivers but absent from the cooler sections (Ref. 1440 ). Also from the rivers of Tanzania, the Luapula-Moero region of the Congo basin and Malagarasi River in Lake Tanganyika (Ref. 1440 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
