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Labeo mesops Günther, 1868

Tana labeo
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Malawi country information

Common names: African carp, Nchila
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Also Ref. 1440, 5595, 26190.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mi.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://isp.msu.edu/AfricanStudies/Plea/mfri.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ricardo Bertram, C.K., H.J.H. Borley and E. Trewavas, 1942
National Database:

Common names from other countries

African carp, 中眼野鲮, Labeo jihoafrické, ... more

分类 / Names 俗名 | 同种异名 | Catalog of Fishes(属, 种) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Labeoninae
Etymology: Labeo: Latin, labeo = one who has large lips (Ref. 45335);  mesops: From the Greek word mesos meaning middle or half and opsis meaning sight; name refers to the state of the type material which was only half of the skin (Ref. 26190).
  More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生态学

; 淡水 底中水层性; 河川洄游 (Ref. 51243).   

分布 国家 | FAO区域 | 生态系 | 标本纪录 | Point map | 简介 | Faunafri

Africa: present in Lake Malawi basin (Ref. 1878, 52161, 55909, 96560), Juba system (1440) and Ruvuma River (Ref. 1440, 97286). Status Tana River population is uncertain (Ref. 52331). Reports from the Lufira River, Upper Congo River basin (Ref. 1440, 26190), are misidentifications of Labeo rosae (Ref. 96560).

Length at first maturity / 大小 / 重量 / 年龄

Maturity: Lm 33.9  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 39.0 cm TL 雄鱼/尚未辨别雌雄; (Ref. 2801)

简单描述 检索表 | 型态特徵 | 形态测量图

背棘 (总数) : 3; 背的软条 (总数) : 10 - 12; 臀棘: 3; 臀鳍软条: 5; 脊椎骨: 34.

生物学特性     字汇 (例如 epibenthic)

Found in shallow water over sandy bottoms (Ref. 5595, 52161). Is a mud-feeder (Ref. 52161), feeds from the biocover and sediment on the sand (Ref. 5595). Also caught using weirs and baskets; formerly very abundant in Malawi, but now rare except where rivers drain undisturbed soil; possible that silt prevents development of eggs (Ref. 4967). Indications that it may leave the lake and run up rivers to spawn (Ref. 52161).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | 繁殖 | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | 仔鱼

Spawns in small, muddy wet season rivers leading to swampy dambos (Ref. 2781). Holds its spawn until the rivers flood.

主要参考文献 Upload your references | 参考文献 | 合作者 | 合作者

Tshibwabwa, S.M., 1997. Systématique des espèces africaines du genre Labeo (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) dans les régions ichtyogéographiques de Basse-Guinée et du Congo. I. Presses Universitaires de Namur, Namur, Belgique. 302 p. (Ref. 26190)

世界自然保护联盟红皮书 (Ref. 130435)

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