''Prolabeo batesi'' is a species of

cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest ver ...

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endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierr ...

. It is the only member of its genus. ''Prolabeo batesi'' is known from several rivers in Sierra Leone. It grows to Fish measurement, total length.

References

Cyprinid fish of Africa Endemic fauna of Sierra Leone Freshwater fish of West Africa Taxa named by John Roxborough Norman Fish described in 1932 {{Cyprinidae-stub