Fringed-lipped peninsula carp

The fringed-lipped peninsula carp, Labeo fimbriatus, is a freshwater cyprinid fish in the genus Labeo, the group of carps and minnows. It is found in rivers and culture ponds across the Indian subcontinent and Myanmar, with records from Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar. FishBase describes it as a tropical, benthopelagic and potamodromous fish of rivers above tidal reaches that reaches about 91 centimetres in total length, feeds mainly on diatoms, algae, aquatic plants, insects and detritus, and spawns during the southwest monsoon in the Western Ghats. It is used in commercial fisheries and aquaculture. The IUCN Red List assessed it in 2011 as Least Concern. Marcus Elieser Bloch described the species in 1795 under the name Cyprinus fimbriatus.