Labeo filiferus

Labeo filiferus Plamoottil & Zupančič, 2017

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Labeoninae
Etymology: Labeo: Latin, labeo = one who has large lips (Ref. 45335); filiferus: Derived from the Latin 'filu', meaning thread, and 'fero', meaning to bear, in reference to the very long filamentous dorsal fin ray which reach above caudal fin base.

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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Asia: Pamba River, Kerala, India.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 118139)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 17; Anal soft rays: 7. Labeo filiferus is distinguished from all its congeners in having the following characters: body and fins black; prominent barbels; smaller eyes; longer snout; elongated dorsal fin, filamentous tip of which reach above caudal fin base; longer pelvic fin reaching behind anal fin origin; unusually elongated anal fin reaching the tip of middle caudal fin rays; and deeper caudal peduncle. It can be further differentiated from its relative species in possessing 39 lateral line scales, 15 predorsal scales, 8½ scales between lateral line and dorsal fin, and 5½ scales between lateral line and ventral fin (Ref. 118139).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Plamoottil, M. and P. Zupancic, 2017. Labeo filiferus, a new fish species (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae) from Kerala, India. Bioscience Discovery 8(3):301-306. (Ref. 118139)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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