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Labeo batesii Boulenger, 1911

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Cameroon country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Holotype: BMNH 1912.6.23:3. Rivière Cameroun (Ref. 26190). Found in coastal rivers of west and south Cameroon (Ref. 51193). Recorded from the lower Ntem river basin (Ref. 27896, 81639) and from the Mungo, Sanaga, Kelle and Kribi [=Kienké] Rivers (Ref. 81639). Also Ref. 1440.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cm.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kamdem Toham, A. and G.G. Teugels, 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Labeoninae
Etymology: Labeo: Latin, labeo = one who has large lips (Ref. 45335);  batesii: batesii: species name dedicated to G.L. Bates who collected the type material (Ref. 26190).
  More on author: Boulenger.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical; 10°N - 15°S

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