Upper Zambezi labeo (Labeo lunatus)

Scientific name: Labeo lunatus Jubb, 1963

The Upper Zambezi labeo (Labeo lunatus) is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae. Native range: Africa, Upper Zambezi/Okavango Rivers.

Biology

Found over rocks in mainstream and in large soft-bottomed floodplain lagoons. Grazes algae and aufwuchs as well as detritus. A shoaling species, breeding in summer, possibly in flooded marginal habitats, as the young fish are caught in large numbers in fish-weirs set across floodwaters receding from floodplains.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Labeo lunatus
Family
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)
Order
Cypriniformes (Carps)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
40.0
Environment
Freshwater; benthopelagic; potamodromous
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Africa: Upper Zambezi/Okavango Rivers.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.6)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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