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Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Labeoninae
Etymology: Labeo: Latin, labeo = one who has large lips (Ref. 45335); kirkii: Named after M.J. Kirk who collected the specimen on which Boulenger based the original description of the species (Ref. 26192).
More on author: Boulenger.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Tropical; 3°N - 17°S
Africa: Congo River basin in Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Rovuma River (Tanzania-Mozambique border) (Ref. 26192).
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 2801)
Short description
Morfologia | Morfometria
Raggi dorsali molli (totale): 10-14; Vertebre: 31 - 33. Large lips plicate; dorsal fin concave with 10 branched rays; eyes in superolateral position; genital orifice far from the origin of the anal fin; snout largely pointed and very prominent with a deep transverse furrow and a fleshy appendix at the end; dark lateral brown band on the flanks (Ref. 26192).
Known to occur in rapid waters and swampy areas (Ref. 26192).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Tshibwabwa, S.M., 1997. Systématique des espèces africaines du genre Labeo (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) dans les régions ichtyogéographiques de Basse-Guinée et du Congo. II. Presses Universitaires de Namur, Namur, Belgique. 227 p. (Ref. 26192)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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