Cyprinidae

African carp

Labeo coubie

Seventy Five Centimeters Carp from the Congo Basin

• Tropical
• Coastal
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Africa
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Large
• Tropical fish

Labeo coubie, the African carp, is a cyprinid fish, widespread in Africa, where it occurs within the drainage basin of the Nile (Blue, White, Lake Albert) and in the Chad, Niger-Benue, Volta, Senegal and Gambia Rivers, as well as the Cross River and Cameroon coastal rivers. Furthermore, it is also known from East Africa and the middle reaches of the Congo. Records from the Zambezi drainage need confirmation.