Labeo mesops Günther, 1868
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Tana labeo (Labeo mesops) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to Lake Malawi and the Shire River in Malawi. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss and overfishing.
Wikipedia contributors, Tana labeo; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:57:26.731879+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Labeo mesops Günther, 1868
- Name authority
- Günther, 1868
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Labeo
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyLabeoninae Bleeker, 1859
- genusLabeo Cuvier, 1816
- speciesLabeo mesops Günther, 1868
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Labeo. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Labeo alluaudi Pellegrin, 1933 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Labeo altivelis Peters, 1852 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Labeo ansorgii Boulenger, 1907 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Labeo baldasseronii Di Caporiacco, 1948 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Labeo barbatulus (Sauvage, 1878) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Labeo batesii Boulenger, 1911 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Labeo boga (Hamilton, 1822) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Labeo boggut (Sykes, 1839) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Labeo bottegi Vinciguerra, 1897 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Labeo brachypoma Günther, 1868 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Labeo calbasu (Hamilton, 1822) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Labeo capensis (Smith, 1841) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Labeo gracilis Boulenger, 1916 Boulenger, 1916 | synonym |
| Labeo grammipleura Vinciguerra, 1927 Vinciguerra, 1927 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Günther, A. (1868). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi fish containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae,... [thru]... Halosauridae, in the collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum., v. 7: i–xx + 1–512. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3RHXM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.