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Cyprinidae
Largescale yellowfish
Labeobarbus marequensis
Fish Reaching Forty Seven Centimeters in the Congo Basin
- Yellow
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Elongated
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Yellow
Tropical
Regional distribution
Elongated
MediumLargescale yellowfish is known around Africa as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and the largest recorded length is 47 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Labeobarbus
- Maximum length
- 47 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Africa: widespread from the middle and lower Zambezi south to the Phongolo system (Ref. 7248 , 52193 ). Also known from the Luachimo River, middle Congo River basin, in Angola (Ref. 11970 , 120641 ). Reported as Labeobarbus cf. marequensis from the lower Congo (Ref. 94750 ); needs confirmation.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Family
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