Karnataka Labeo

Has a small, inferior mouth surrounded by fleshy lips.

Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.

Dorsal soft rays (total): 16; Analsoft rays: 8

Inhabits slow-moving waters of rivers and feeds on plants (Ref. 9687). Juveniles nurse in floodplains and marshlands (Ref. 94495).

Adults occur in rivers and ponds (Ref. 4832); in slow-moving waters of rivers and feed on plants (Ref. 9687), filamentous algae and diatoms (Ref. 44151). Fecundity of 2 specimens (38.8-40.5 cm) ranged between 193,000 and 238,000 (Ref. 1479).

fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial

The orangefin labeo (Labeo calbasu) is a fish of the carp family Cyprinidae, found commonly in rivers and freshwater lakes in and around South Asia and South-East Asia. Native to Bangladesh and India.