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Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Smiliogastrinae
Etymology: Prolabeo: Greek, pro = first, in front of + Latin, labeo = who has larger lips (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: George Latimer Bates (1863–1940) was an American farmer and amateur ornithologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Norman.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
Africa: known from Sierra Leone in the Sewa, Rokel, Pampana (Ref. 2940, 13331, 81282) and Little Scarcies rivers (Ref. 13331).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2801)
Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal soft rays: 8. Diagnosis: scales with reduced number parallel to slightly divergent striae; small inferior mouth, lower lip covered by thin layer of `horn'; transverse, more or less deeply notched, lobe in front of mouth covering upper lip; two pairs of short barbels; dorsal fin without ossified ray but with 8 branched rays; last of simple dorsal rays about as long as head (Ref. 2940, 81282).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Affinities: B. wurtzi (no Labeo-type month). Monospecific genus.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Lévêque, C., 1990. Cyprinidae. p. 269-361. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tome I. Coll. Faune Tropicale n° XXVIII. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, 384 p. (Ref. 2940)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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