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Rednose Labeo
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Rednose Labeo

Labeo altivelis

The rednose labeo (Labeo altivelis) is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. Other common names include Hunyani labeo, Manyame labeo, rednose mudsucker, and sailfin mudsucker. It is native to Africa, where it is distributed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

This fish is about 27 centimetres (11 in) long at maturity. It has been known to reach 49 centimetres (19 in) in length and 3.6 kilograms (7.9 lb) in weight. Its maximum reported age is nine years.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 103746.