Labeo trigliceps Pellegrin, 1926
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
Labeo trigliceps is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae.
It is found only in the Athi River in Kenya.
Its natural habitat is rivers. Its taxonomic status is uncertain and the specimens taken so far may be aberrant specimens of Labeo cylindricus.
Wikipedia contributors, Labeo trigliceps; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:57:41.727911+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Labeo trigliceps Pellegrin, 1926
- Name authority
- Pellegrin, 1926
- 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 trigliceps Pellegrin, 1926
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 |
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.
- Pellegrin, J. (1926). Poissons de l’Afrique Orientale Anglaise recueillis par le R. P. Bernhard. Description de trois espèces nouvelles. Bulletin de La Société Zoologique de France, v. 51: 384–390. 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:3RJ2S. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.