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Etymology: Labeo: Latin, labeo = one who has large lips (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Professor Dr John Walter Gregory (1864–1932) was a geologist, geographer, stratigrapher, invertebrate palaeontologist, geomorphologist and explorer. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Günther.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Africa: within the drainage basin of the Tana and Galana rivers to which it is possibly confined. The record of Labeo gregorii from the Rovuma river is based upon a misidentification.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 52331)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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