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Redeye labeo

Labeo cylindricus Peters, 1852

(SiSwati: )


Swaziland Red Data Status: Common
Southern African Red Data Status:
International Red Data Status: Least Concern 2018 IUCN Red List
Description:

Key Features:
Comments: Smallest member of genus in Swaziland. Widespread although probably absent from former range in Swaziland, especially the Usushwana river (c.f. Clay 1976). Occasionally difficult to distinguish from L. molybdinus (see below), especially large specimens. (

 57 records, from 1960/06/15 to 2019/10/08