Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico; potamodromo (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 11°S - 22°S
Africa: Upper Zambezi/Okavango Rivers.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 7248); peso máximo publicado: 2.5 kg (Ref. 7248)
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).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Reid, G.M., 1985. A revision of African species of Labeo (Pisces: Cyprinidae) and a re-definition of the genus. Verlag von J. Cramer, Braunschweig. 322 p. (Ref. 1440)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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