Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Tropical
Africa: present in the upper reaches of the Senegal and Niger river basins (Ref. 2940, 81282).
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.3 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 2940)
Short description
Morfologia | Morfometria
Raggi dorsali molli (totale): 17-19; Raggi anali molli: 8. Diagnosis: dorsal profile straight to slightly arched; inner surface of lips with transverse folds; body depth 3.3-3.9x SL; depth of caudal peduncle 0.9-1.2x its length; 32-42 (50-150mm) and 46-49 (150-250mm) gill rakers; scale formula 7.5/38-40/7.5-8.5; 4.5 scales between lateral line and pelvic-fin base; 16 scales around caudal peduncle; 13-15 dorsal fin branched rays; body silvery in life, but salmon-pink spots on scales of sides; so far known from the upper basins of the rivers Senegal and Niger (Ref. 2940, 81282).
Affinities: superficially resembles L. senegalensis (no transverse labial folds).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Lévêque, C., 1990. Cyprinidae. p. 269-361. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tome I. Coll. Faune Tropicale n° XXVIII. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, 384 p. (Ref. 2940)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
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