Labeo Alluaudi
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''Labeo alluaudi'' is a species of fish in the family
Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barbs and barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family, and t ...
, the carps and minnows. It is native to the Cavally and Nipoué Rivers in
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and
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. It has also been reported from the Sewa River in
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and the Via River in Liberia.Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds.
''Labeo alluaudi''.
FishBase. 2011.
This fish has an elongated body shape and reaches a maximum length of 13.5 to 16.5 centimeters. It is an
endangered species An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching, inv ...
known from a few African rivers, where it is threatened by
overfishing Overfishing is the removal of a species of fish (i.e. fishing) from a body of water at a rate greater than that the species can replenish its population naturally (i.e. the overexploitation of the fishery's existing Fish stocks, fish stock), resu ...
, agriculture, mining, deforestation, pollution, and development.


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a Cyprinid fish of Africa Taxa named by Jacques Pellegrin Fish described in 1933 {{Labeoninae-stub