Species under Labeobarbus
n= 128
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Labeobarbus versluysii
(Holly, 1929)
Africa 11.182
Labeobarbus werneri
(Holly, 1929)
Africa 14.5
Labeobarbus wittei
(Banister & Poll, 1973)
Africa 27.5
Labeobarbus wurtzi
(Pellegrin, 1908)
Africa 24.5
Labeobarbus xyrocheilus
(Tweddle & Skelton, 1998)
Africa 17.8
Labeobarbus acuticeps
(Matthes, 1959)
Africa 40.3
Labeobarbus acutirostris
(Bini, 1940)
Africa 41
Labeobarbus aeneus
(Burchell, 1822)
Smallmouth yellowfish Africa 50
Labeobarbus alluaudi
(Pellegrin, 1909)
Africa 19.8
Labeobarbus altianalis
(Boulenger, 1900)
Ripon barbel Africa 90
Labeobarbus altipinnis
(Banister & Poll, 1973)
Africa 33.8
Labeobarbus ansorgii
(Boulenger, 1906)
Africa 30
Labeobarbus aspius
(Boulenger, 1912)
Africa 42
Labeobarbus axelrodi
(Getahun, Stiassny & Teugels, 2004)
Africa 16
Labeobarbus batesii
(Boulenger, 1903)
Africa 43.5
Labeobarbus beso
(Rüppell, 1835)
African scraping feeder Africa 36
Labeobarbus boulengeri
Vreven, Musschoot, Snoeks & Schliewen, 2016
Africa 16
Labeobarbus brauni
(Pellegrin, 1935)
Africa 23
Labeobarbus brevicephalus
(Nagelkerke & Sibbing, 1997)
Africa 31.7
Labeobarbus brevispinis
(Holly, 1927)
Africa 23
Labeobarbus bynni
(Fabricius, 1775)
Niger barb Africa 82
Labeobarbus cardozoi
(Boulenger, 1912)
Africa 53
Labeobarbus caudovittatus
(Boulenger, 1902)
Africa 80
Labeobarbus clarkeae
(Banister, 1984)
Africa 16.1
Labeobarbus claudinae
(De Vos & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1990)
Africa 30
Labeobarbus codringtonii
(Boulenger, 1908)
Upper Zambezi yellowfish Africa 39
Labeobarbus compiniei
(Sauvage, 1879)
Africa 73
Labeobarbus crassibarbis
(Nagelkerke & Sibbing, 1997)
Africa 50.5
Labeobarbus dainellii
(Bini, 1940)
Africa 49
Labeobarbus dartevellei
(Poll, 1945)
Africa 11.7
Labeobarbus dimidiatus
(Tweddle & Skelton, 1998)
Africa 24.5
Labeobarbus ensifer
(Boulenger, 1910)
Africa 19.5
Labeobarbus ensis
(Boulenger, 1910)
Africa 14
Labeobarbus ethiopicus
(Zolezzi, 1939)
Africa 25.8
Labeobarbus fasolt
(Pappenheim, 1914)
Africa 50
Labeobarbus fimbriatus
(Holly, 1926)
Africa 16
Labeobarbus gananensis
(Vinciguerra, 1895)
Africa 17.6
Labeobarbus gestetneri
(Banister & Bailey, 1979)
Africa 24.9
Labeobarbus girardi
(Boulenger, 1910)
Africa 30
Labeobarbus gorgorensis
(Bini, 1940)
Africa 61.8
Labeobarbus gorguari
(Rüppell, 1835)
Africa 53.2
Labeobarbus gruveli
(Pellegrin, 1911)
Africa 28
Labeobarbus gulielmi
(Boulenger, 1910)
Africa 15
Labeobarbus habereri
(Steindachner, 1912)
Africa 16.2
Labeobarbus huloti
(Banister, 1976)
Africa 28.2
Labeobarbus humphri
(Banister, 1976)
Africa 21.4
Labeobarbus intermedius
(Rüppell, 1835)
Africa 48.9
Labeobarbus iphthimostoma
(Banister & Poll, 1973)
Africa 18.1
Labeobarbus iturii
(Holly, 1929)
Africa 36.5
Labeobarbus jaegeri
(Holly, 1930)
Africa 18.8
Labeobarbus johnstonii
(Boulenger, 1907)
Africa 50
Labeobarbus jubae
(Banister, 1984)
Africa 13.5
Labeobarbus jubbi
(Poll, 1967)
Africa 16.6
Labeobarbus kimberleyensis
(Gilchrist & Thompson, 1913)
Largemouth yellowfish Africa 82.5
Labeobarbus lagensis
(Günther, 1868)
Africa 25.5
Labeobarbus latirostris
(Keilhack, 1908)
Africa 37
Labeobarbus leleupanus
(Matthes, 1959)
Africa 22
Labeobarbus longidorsalis
(Pellegrin, 1935)
Africa 32
Labeobarbus longifilis
(Pellegrin, 1935)
Africa 26
Labeobarbus longissimus
(Nagelkerke & Sibbing, 1997)
Africa 54.8
Labeobarbus lucius
(Boulenger, 1910)
Africa 23
Labeobarbus lufupensis
(Banister & Bailey, 1979)
Africa 19.4
Labeobarbus macroceps
(Fowler, 1936)
Africa 32
Labeobarbus macrolepidotus
(Pellegrin, 1928)
Africa 54
Labeobarbus macrolepis
(Pfeffer, 1889)
Africa 40
Labeobarbus macrophtalmus
(Bini, 1940)
Africa 42.5
Labeobarbus malacanthus
(Pappenheim, 1911)
Africa 15
Labeobarbus marequensis
(Smith, 1841)
Largescale yellowfish Africa 47
Labeobarbus mariae
(Holly, 1926)
Africa 30
Labeobarbus maroccanus
(Günther, 1902)
Africa 40
Labeobarbus matris
(Holly, 1928)
Africa 32.2
Labeobarbus mawambi
(Pappenheim, 1914)
Africa 15
Labeobarbus mawambiensis
(Steindachner, 1911)
Africa 15
Labeobarbus mbami
(Holly, 1927)
Africa 23
Labeobarbus megastoma
(Nagelkerke & Sibbing, 1997)
Africa 82.4
Labeobarbus microbarbis
(David & Poll, 1937)
Africa 27
Labeobarbus micronema
(Boulenger, 1904)
Africa 34
Labeobarbus microterolepis
(Boulenger, 1902)
Africa 11.8
Labeobarbus mirabilis
(Pappenheim, 1914)
Africa 35.3
Labeobarbus mungoensis
(Trewavas, 1974)
Africa 17.9
Labeobarbus nanningsi
de Beaufort, 1933
Africa 32
Labeobarbus natalensis
(Castelnau, 1861)
Scaly Africa 63.8
Labeobarbus nedgia
Rüppell, 1835
Africa 70.7
Labeobarbus nelspruitensis
(Gilchrist & Thompson, 1911)
Incomati chiselmouth Africa 32
Labeobarbus nthuwa
Tweddle & Skelton, 2008
Africa 23.6
Labeobarbus nzadimalawu
Vreven, Musschoot, Decru, Wamuini Lunkayilakio, Obiero, Cerwenka & Schliewen, 2018
Africa 21.3
Labeobarbus nzadinkisi
Vreven, Musschoot, Decru, Wamuini Lunkayilakio, Obiero, Cerwenka & Schliewen, 2018
Africa 20.5
Labeobarbus osseensis
(Nagelkerke & Sibbing, 2000)
Africa 26.4
Labeobarbus oxyrhynchus
(Pfeffer, 1889)
Pangani barb Africa 40
Labeobarbus pagenstecheri
(Fischer, 1884)
Africa 35
Labeobarbus parawaldroni
(Lévêque, Thys van den Audenaerde & Traoré, 1987)
Africa 23
Labeobarbus paucisquamatus
(Pellegrin, 1935)
Africa 24.8
Labeobarbus pellegrini
(Bertin & Estève, 1948)
Africa 21.2
Labeobarbus petitjeani
(Daget, 1962)
Africa 16
Labeobarbus platydorsus
(Nagelkerke & Sibbing, 1997)
Africa 63.5
Labeobarbus platyrhinus
(Boulenger, 1900)
Africa 40
Labeobarbus platystomus
(Pappenheim, 1914)
Rwandese carp Africa 21
Labeobarbus pojeri
(Poll, 1944)
Africa 18
Labeobarbus polylepis
(Boulenger, 1907)
Smallscale yellowfish Africa 58.5
Labeobarbus progenys
(Boulenger, 1903)
Africa 18
Labeobarbus pungweensis
(Jubb, 1959)
Pungwe chiselmouth Africa 18
Labeobarbus reinii
(Günther, 1874)
Africa 55
Labeobarbus rhinoceros
(Copley, 1938)
Rhinofish Africa 34.2
Labeobarbus rhinophorus
(Boulenger, 1910)
Africa 15
Labeobarbus robertsi
(Banister, 1984)
Africa 6.5
Labeobarbus rocadasi
(Boulenger, 1910)
Africa 35
Labeobarbus rosae
(Boulenger, 1910)
Africa 9.5
Labeobarbus roylii
(Boulenger, 1912)
Africa 55
Labeobarbus ruandae
(Pappenheim, 1914)
Africa 26.2
Labeobarbus ruasae
(Pappenheim, 1914)
Africa 49.5
Labeobarbus ruwenzorii
(Pellegrin, 1909)
Africa 23.1
Labeobarbus sacratus
(Daget, 1963)
Africa 25.6
Labeobarbus sandersi
(Boulenger, 1912)
Africa 30.2
Labeobarbus seeberi
(Gilchrist & Thompson, 1913)
Clanwilliam yellowfish Africa 98.7
Labeobarbus semireticulatus
(Pellegrin, 1924)
Africa 12.8
Labeobarbus somereni
(Boulenger, 1911)
Africa 40
Labeobarbus stappersii
(Boulenger, 1915)
Africa 59.4
Labeobarbus steindachneri
(Boulenger, 1910)
Africa 33
Labeobarbus stenostoma
(Boulenger, 1910)
Africa 10.5
Labeobarbus surkis
(Rüppell, 1835)
Africa 43
Labeobarbus tornieri
(Steindachner, 1906)
Africa 18.4
Labeobarbus trachypterus
(Boulenger, 1915)
Africa 23.9
Labeobarbus tropidolepis
(Boulenger, 1900)
Africa 85
Labeobarbus truttiformis
(Nagelkerke & Sibbing, 1997)
Africa 44.2
Labeobarbus tsanensis
(Nagelkerke & Sibbing, 1997)
Africa 39.4
Labeobarbus upembensis
(Banister & Bailey, 1979)
Africa 20.3
Labeobarbus urotaenia
(Boulenger, 1913)
Africa 5
Labeobarbus varicostoma
(Boulenger, 1910)
Africa 17
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