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Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae Minnows or carps
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Labeo

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Labeo alluaudi Africa 13.5 SL 1933
Labeo alticentralis Africa 12.6 SL 1997
Labeo altivelis Rednose labeo Africa 49 TL 1852
Labeo angra Asia 22 TL 1822
Labeo annectens Africa 17.5 SL 1903
Labeo ansorgii Cunene labeo Africa 25 SL 1907
Labeo baldasseronii Africa 5.5 SL 1948
Labeo barbatulus Asia 30 SL 1878
Labeo barbatus Africa 56.2 SL 1898
Labeo bata Bata Asia 61 TL 1822
Labeo batesii Africa 24.7 SL 1911
Labeo boga Asia 30 TL 1822
Labeo boggut Boggut labeo Asia 29 TL 1839
Labeo bottegi Africa 79 TL 1897
Labeo boulengeri Africa 22.5 TL 1912
Labeo brachypoma Africa 29 TL 1868
Labeo caeruleus Asia 35 TL 1877
Labeo calbasu Orangefin labeo Asia 90 TL 1822
Labeo camerunensis Africa 22.6 SL 1974
Labeo capensis Orange river mudfish Africa 50 FL 1841
Labeo catla Catla Catla (Catla catla 182 TL 1822
Labeo chariensis Africa 22.1 SL 1904
Labeo chrysophekadion Black sharkminnow Asia 90 TL 1849
Labeo congoro Purple labeo Africa 41.5 SL 1852
Labeo coubie African carp Africa 75 SL 1832
Labeo curchius Asia 1822
Labeo curriei Africa 16 SL 1919
Labeo cyclopinnis Africa 10.8 SL 1917
Labeo cyclorhynchus Harlequin sharkminnow Africa 16 TL 1899
Labeo cylindricus Redeye labeo Africa 25 SL 1852
Labeo degeni Africa 68 SL 1920
Labeo dhonti Africa 11.5 TL 1920
Labeo dussumieri Common labeo Asia 50 TL 1842
Labeo dyocheilus Asia 90 TL 1839
Labeo erythropterus Asia 70 SL 1842
Labeo falcipinnis Africa 38.1 SL 1903
Labeo filiferus Asia 20 SL 2017
Labeo fimbriatus Fringed-lipped peninsula carp Asia 91 TL 1795
Labeo fisheri Green labeo Asia 30 TL 1917
Labeo forskalii Africa 36 TL 1835
Labeo fuelleborni Fuelleborn's labeo Africa 43 TL 1903
Labeo fulakariensis Africa 13.0 SL 2006
Labeo gonius Kuria labeo Asia 150 TL 1822
Labeo greenii Africa 27 TL 1902
Labeo gregorii Gregori's labeo Africa 23.1 TL 1894
Labeo heladiva Sri Lanka labeo Asia 27.7 SL 2018
Labeo horie Africa 57 TL 1847
Labeo indramontri Asia 1945
Labeo kawrus Asia 60 TL 1839
Labeo kibimbi Africa 47 SL 1949
Labeo kirkii Africa 24 TL 1903
Labeo kontius Pigmouth carp Asia 61 TL 1849
Labeo latebra Africa 12.6 SL 2017
Labeo lineatus Africa 78 TL 1898
Labeo lividus Africa 23.9 TL 1976
Labeo longipinnis Africa 26 SL 1898
Labeo lualabaensis Africa 9.6 SL 1997
Labeo lukulae Red-spot mudsucker Africa 26.5 SL 1902
Labeo luluae Africa 3.2 SL 1930
Labeo lunatus Upper Zambezi labeo Africa 40 SL 1963
Labeo macrostoma Africa 73 TL 1898
Labeo maleboensis Africa 7.1 SL 1997
Labeo meroensis Africa 5.3 SL 2007
Labeo mesops Tana labeo Africa 39 TL 1868
Labeo microphthalmus Asia 25 TL 1877
Labeo mokotoensis Africa 18 TL 1939
Labeo molybdinus Leaden labeo Africa 38 SL 1963
Labeo moszkowskii Asia 5.2 SL 1922
Labeo nandina Asia 81.2 SL 1822
Labeo nasus Africa 19 TL 1899
Labeo nigrescens Asia 45 TL 1870
Labeo nigricans Africa 4.6 SL 1911
Labeo nigripinnis Asia 25 TL 1877
Labeo niloticus Nile labeo Africa 63 TL 1758
Labeo nunensis Africa 29.1 SL 1929
Labeo pangusia Asia 90 TL 1822
Labeo parvus Africa 38 SL 1902
Labeo pellegrini Africa 1939
Labeo percivali Ewaso Nyiro labeo Africa 19 TL 1912
Labeo pierrei Asia 80 SL 1880
Labeo pietschmanni Asia 6 TL 1930
Labeo polli Africa 18.4 SL 1997
Labeo porcellus Red fin labeo Asia 35 TL 1844
Labeo potail Asia 30 TL 1839
Labeo quadribarbis Africa 5.0 SL 1963
Labeo rajasthanicus Asia 1970
Labeo rectipinnis Africa 10.2 SL 1997
Labeo reidi Africa 5.5 SL 1997
Labeo ricnorhynchus Asia 1839
Labeo rohita Roho labeo Rohu x catla hybrid. 200 TL 1822
Labeo rosae Africa 40 FL 1894
Labeo roseopunctatus Africa 20.3 SL 1990
Labeo rouaneti Africa 36 SL 1962
Labeo rubromaculatus Tugela labeo Africa 50 SL 1913
Labeo ruddi Silver labeo Africa 30 SL 1907
Labeo sanagaensis Africa 18.7 SL 1997
Labeo seeberi Clanwilliam sandfish Africa 35.5 SL 1911
Labeo senegalensis Africa 65 TL 1842
Labeo simpsoni Africa 22 SL 1943
Labeo sorex Africa 35.2 SL 1917
Labeo stolizkae Asia 1870
Labeo trigliceps Africa 49 TL 1926
Labeo udaipurensis Asia 1968
Labeo umbratus Moggel Africa 50 TL 1841
Labeo victorianus Ningu Africa 41 SL 1901
Labeo weeksii Sicklefin labeo Africa 29 TL 1909
Labeo werneri Africa 31.3 TL 1929
Labeo worthingtoni Africa 26 TL 1958
Labeo yunnanensis Asia 49 SL 1911



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