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Labeo kirkii
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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Cypriniformes
(Carps) >
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
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical; 3°N - 17°S
Africa: Congo River basin in Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Rovuma River on the Tanzania-Mozambique border (Ref.
26192
).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
 
?
  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
2801
)
Short description
Morphology
|
Morphometrics
Dorsal
spines
(total): 3;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 10-14;
Anal
spines
: 3;
Anal
soft rays
: 5;
Vertebrae
: 31 - 33. Diagnosis: 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
).
Found in rapid waters and swampy areas (Ref.
26192
).
Life cycle and mating behavior
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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.
130435
)
Least Concern (LC)
; Date assessed:
16 February 2009
CITES
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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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
).
Resilience (Ref.
120179
): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Low vulnerability (14 of 100).
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