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Labeo senegalensis in Mauritania

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Labeo senegalensis   Valenciennes, 1842
Family:	Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)			picture (Lasen_u0.jpg) by Laleye, P.
Order:	Cypriniformes  (carps)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	65.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 2801); max. published weight: 3,750 g (Ref. 2801); max. reported age: 6 years
Environment:	benthopelagic; potamodromous
Climate:	tropical; 22 - 26°C
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.19-0.63(?); tmax=6)
Distribution:	Africa: Senegal, Volta, Niger-Benue, Chad basin drainage basin, Gambia and Culufi rivers. Not known to occur outside West Africa.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal soft rays (total): 16-19; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Internal surface of lips with transverse folds. Snout with tubercles slightly apparent. Short barbel at angle of mouth. Dorsal: 4 simple, 12-15 branched, upper edge straight or slightly convex. Anal: 3 simple, 5 branched. Light body, silvery, gray or greenish back, white belly. Center of scales pinkish and surrounding zones lined with melanophores which form undulating longitudinal lines, visible in young. Pectorals, ventrals and anal pinkish; dorsal and caudal with pink rays and grayish membrane.
Biology:	Affinities: L. horie Heckel, 1846
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
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Main Ref:	Reid, G.M.. 1985. (Ref. 1440)
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Mauritania country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish
Importance:	commercial		Ref:  Mohamed Fall, K.O., 2005
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mr.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Mohamed Fall, K.O., 2005
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	Checked:  Mohamed Fall, K.O.	Modified:  Torres, Armi G.	Entered:  Torres, Armi G.

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