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Labeo mesops Günther, 1868

Tana labeo
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Malawi country information

Common names: African carp, Nchila
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Also Ref. 1440, 5595, 26190.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mi.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://isp.msu.edu/AfricanStudies/Plea/mfri.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ricardo Bertram, C.K., H.J.H. Borley and E. Trewavas, 1942
National Database:

Common names from other countries

African carp, 中眼野鲮, Labeo jihoafrické, ... 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);  mesops: From the Greek word mesos meaning middle or half and opsis meaning sight; name refers to the state of the type material which was only half of the skin (Ref. 26190).
  More on author: Günther.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic; potamodromous (Ref. 51243).   Tropical

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