African carp

Labeo coubie

Seventy Five Centimeters Carp from the Congo Basin

Tropical
Coastal
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Africa
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Large
Tropical fish

Labeo coubie, the African carp, is a cyprinid fish, widespread in Africa, where it occurs within the drainage basin of the Nile (Blue, White, Lake Albert) and in the Chad, Niger-Benue, Volta, Senegal and Gambia Rivers, as well as the Cross River and Cameroon coastal rivers. Furthermore, it is also known from East Africa and the middle reaches of the Congo. Records from the Zambezi drainage need confirmation.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Minnows, Carps, and Loaches
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Labeo
Maximum length: 75 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Africa: very widespread, within the drainage basin of the Nile (Ref. 1440 , 2801 , 28714 ), Chad, Niger-Bénoué, Volta, Senegal and Gambia basins, as well as Cross River (Ref. 1440 , 2940 , 81282 ). Report from Cameroon coastal rivers (Ref. 1440 ) unconfirmed in Ref 81639. Not reliable known from the Congo River basin (Ref. 1440 ) and one controversial record from the East coast of Africa (Ref. 1440 ). Ref. 2801 reports presence in Warri (Nigeria) and Kingani (Tanzania).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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