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Labeo lunatus Jubb, 1963 Upper Zambezi labeo |
| Family: | Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps), subfamily: Labeoninae | |||
| Max. size: | 40 cm SL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 2,500.0 g | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater, potamodromous | |||
| Distribution: | Africa: Upper Zambezi/Okavango Rivers. | |||
| Diagnosis: | ||||
| Biology: | Found over rocks in mainstream and in large soft-bottomed floodplain lagoons. Grazes algae and aufwuchs as well as detritus. A shoaling species, breeding in summer, possibly in flooded marginal habitats, as the young fish are caught in large numbers in fish-weirs set across floodwaters receding from floodplains (Ref. 7248). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 01 March 2007 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||