Protolabeo protolabeo Zhang, Zhao & Liu, 2010

Family:  Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps), subfamily: Labeoninae
Max. size:  17.27 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: Yilihe River, a small tributary of upper Changjiang River drainage in Yunnan, China.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 15-15; Anal soft rays: 13-13. Distinguished from all congeners in Labeonini by having only middle of the upper jaw + upper lip covered incompletely by rostral fold, the surface of rostral fold flat; the primary disintegration between upper lip and upper jaw, and lower lip and lower jaw (Ref. 85050).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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