Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce bentopelágico; potamódromo (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 11°S - 30°S
Africa: rivers and lakes from the middle and lower Zambezi south to the Tugela system in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Ref. 52193), including Limpopo, Incomati and Usutu-Pongolo systems (Ref. 1440), Lake Kariba in Zambezi system (Ref. 1440) and Lake Sibaya (Ref. 7248, 52193).
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 38.0 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 52193); peso máx. publicado: 1.7 kg (Ref. 52193)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 0; Raios dorsais (total) : 12 - 13; Espinhos anais: 0; Raios anais : 7 - 8.
Prefers high veldt rapids but is absent from the coldest streams (Ref. 1440). Found more often in large permanent pools of seasonal rivers (Ref. 1440) and prefers deep pools, but will enter rapids (Ref. 52193). It grazes algae and `aufwuchs' from firm surfaces (Ref. 52193). Migrates upstream in rain-swollen rivers to breed (Ref. 7248, 52193).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas
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)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
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