Labeo lineatus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CYPRINIFORMES	CYPRINIDAE

Scientific Name:	Labeo lineatus
Species Authority:	Boulenger, 1898
Taxonomic Notes:	Three specimens of Labeo lineatus prove to be Labeo weeksii; another specimen considered by Reid (1985) as a paralectotype of L. lineatus, proves to be conspecific with Labeo degeni Boulenger, 1920 (Tshibwbwa and Teugels 1995).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Moelants, T.
Reviewer/s:	Brummett, R., Mbe Tawe, A.N., Dening Touokong, C., Reid, G.M., Snoeks, J. Staissny, M., Moelants, T., Mamonekene, V., Ndodet, B., Ifuta, S.N.B., Chilala, A., Monsembula, R., Ibala Zamba, A., Opoye Itoua, O., Pouomogne, V., Darwall, W. & Smith, K.
Justification: The species is widespread or without major threats throughout central Africa and is assessed as Least Concern.
History:	2006 – Least Concern (IUCN 2006)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Labeo lineatus is known from throughout the Congo River basin.
Countries:	Native: Angola; Central African Republic; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
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Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Labeo lineatus is a benthopelagic species. It inhabits lakes and larger rivers (Eccles 1992). Labeo lineatus is lives over mud bottoms close to sand banks. The adults are often captured over sandy bottoms in deep water (Tshibwabwa 1997).
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

None known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

None known.

Bibliography [top]

Pan-Africa freshwater assessment references. Currently, full citations for references used in the Pan-Africa biodiversity assessments are unavailable on the Red List web site. These will be added to the site in 2011. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes. IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.3). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 2 September 2010).