Labeo lunatus Jubb, 1963
Upper Zambezi labeo

Family:  Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps), subfamily: Labeoninae
Max. size:  40 cm SL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 2,500.0 g
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater, potamodromous
Distribution:  Africa: Upper Zambezi/Okavango Rivers.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Found over rocks in mainstream and in large soft-bottomed floodplain lagoons. Grazes algae and aufwuchs as well as detritus. A shoaling species, breeding in summer, possibly in flooded marginal habitats, as the young fish are caught in large numbers in fish-weirs set across floodwaters receding from floodplains (Ref. 7248).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 01 March 2007 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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