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Cypriniformes (Carps) >
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Labeoninae
Etymology: Labeo: Latin, labeo = one who has large lips (Ref. 45335); kirkii: Named after M.J. Kirk who collected the specimen on which Boulenger based the original description of the species (Ref. 26192).
More on author: Boulenger.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
البيئة
; المياه العذبة قاعية التغذية و المعيشة. Tropical; 3°N - 17°S
Africa: Congo River basin in Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Rovuma River on the Tanzania-Mozambique border (Ref. 26192).
الحجم / وزن / العمر
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.0 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 2801)
وصف مختصر
الوصف الخارجي | قياسات المظهر الخارجي
الأشواك الظهرية (المجموع): 3; الأشعة الظهرية الناعمة (المجموع): 10-14; شوكة شرجية 3; أشعه شرجية لينه: 5; فقرات: 31 - 33. Diagnosis: Large lips plicate; dorsal fin concave with 10 branched rays; eyes in superolateral position; genital orifice far from the origin of the anal fin; snout largely pointed and very prominent with a deep transverse furrow and a fleshy appendix at the end; dark lateral brown band on the flanks (Ref. 26192).
Found in rapid waters and swampy areas (Ref. 26192).
Life cycle and mating behavior
النضج | التكاثر | وضع البيض | بيض | الخصوبة | Larvae
Tshibwabwa, S.M., 1997. Systématique des espèces africaines du genre Labeo (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) dans les régions ichtyogéographiques de Basse-Guinée et du Congo. II. Presses Universitaires de Namur, Namur, Belgique. 227 p. (Ref. 26192)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
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