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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Tropical

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Africa: Lower Guinea endemic, present in the Kouliou system in the Republic of Congo and in the Tchibanga Region in Gabon (Ref. 53571, 81639).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 53571)

Short description Morfologia | Morfometria

Raggi dorsali molli (totale): 14-15; Raggi anali molli: 8. Diagnosis: mouth more or less straight or only slightly curved; barbels absent or present as vestigial nubs; last unbranched dorsal fin ray weakly ossified and flexible; 26-28 scales in lateral line (Ref. 53571, 81639). Pelvic fin insertion below middle of dorsal fin (Ref. 81639).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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Getahun, A., M.L.J. Stiassny and G.G. Teugels, 2004. A new species of Varicorhinus (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae) from West-Central Africa. Cybium 28(2):159-162. (Ref. 53571)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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Labeobarbus axelrodi (Getahun, Stiassny & Teugels, 2004)