Labeo alticentralis

Labeo alticentralis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Labeoninae
Genus:	Labeo
Species:	L. alticentralis
Binomial name
Labeo alticentralis Tshibwabwa, 1997

Labeo alticentralis is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it has been recorded from just a few locations, including two near Kisangani and one at Pool Malebo, a section of the Congo River.^[1]

This benthopelagic freshwater fish reaches about 12.6 centimeters in maximum length and has dark brown longitudinal stripes along its body.^[2]

References

1. Moelants, T. (2010). "Labeo alticentralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T182654A7935456. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182654A7935456.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds.) Labeo alticentralis. FishBase. 2011.