Lowveld Largescale Yellowfish

Description: variation in mouth-shape, including chisel-mouthed forms; no ossified last simple dorsal fin ray (Ref. 74045).

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): 12; Analsoft rays: 8 - 9

Prefers flowing waters of perennial rivers. Uncommon in dams. Feeds on a wide variety of food items, primarily algae and aquatic insect larvae; also takes small fishes, snails, freshwater mussels and drifting organisms such as beetles and ants.

Prefers flowing waters of perennial rivers. Uncommon in dams. Feeds on a wide variety of food items, primarily algae and aquatic insect larvae; also takes small fishes, snails, freshwater mussels and drifting organisms such as beetles and ants. Breeds in spring and summer, migrating upstream in rain swollen rivers to spawn in rapids. Males mature at 70 cm FL, females mature at 28 cm FL. Occurs with the small-scale yellowfish in many Transvaal rivers (Ref. 7248).

gamefish: yes

The largescale yellowfish or Lowveld largescale yellowfish (Labeobarbus marequensis) is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. An African freshwater fish found from the Zambezi south to the Pongola River.