Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ökologie
; süßwasser benthopelagisch; potamodrom (Ref. 51243). Subtropical; 18°S - 27°S
Africa: lowveld reaches of Limpopo River, Incomati and Phongolo basins (Ref. 1440, 52193). Also known from Lufira River, upper Congo River basin, in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 96560).
Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm FL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 2801); max. veröff. Gewicht: 3.0 kg (Ref. 52193)
Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 0; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 14 - 15; Afterflossenstacheln: 0; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 8.
Found in the warmer reaches of rivers, particularly in sandy stretches of larger perennial and intermittent rivers (Ref. 1440, 52193). It feeds on detritus, algae, and small invertebrates (Ref. 52193). An active fish, leaps at barriers when migrating upstream in swollen rivers to breed in summer (Ref. 7248, 52193). Sexually mature at 15 cm TL (Ref. 7248).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Fortpflanzung | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven
Reid, G.M., 1985. A revision of African species of Labeo (Pisces: Cyprinidae) and a re-definition of the genus. Verlag von J. Cramer, Braunschweig. 322 p. (Ref. 1440)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Sportfisch: ja
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.4 ±0.18 se; based on food items.
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref.
120179): mittel, Verdopplung der Population dauert 1,4 - 4,4 Jahre. (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100).