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 moles (total) : 12 - 13; Espinhos anais: 0; Raios anais moles: 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).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | 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)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Pescarias: pescarias de subsistência; peixe desportivo: sim
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
Descarregue XML
Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00933 (0.00305 - 0.02858), b=3.01 (2.76 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Médio, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).