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Labeo nigricans Boulenger, 1911

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Congo (Kinshasa) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from Pool Malebo, the middle Congo River and the Sankuru (Ref. 26192). Also reported from Wagenia Falls (Ref. 106245). Type locality of the lectotype of Labeo nigricans: "Kondué, Sankuru River, Kasai (04°58'S-23°16'E)"
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cg.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Tshibwabwa, S.M., 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Labeo tmavé, Tume narmasmokk, 灰黑野鲮, ... more

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);  nigricans: Latin nigrum, nigri - black; name refers to the blackish coloration of the body (Ref. 26192).
  More on author: Boulenger.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical; 4°N - 7°S

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