Labeobarbus boulengeri

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Torinae
Genus: Labeobarbus
Species: Labeobarbus boulengeri

Name[edit]

Labeobarbus boulengeri Vreven et al., 2016

Name beeing a replacement name for Varicorhinus latirostris Boulenger, 1910, which has become a Labeobarbus and had no synonyms.

Lectotype: BMNH 1911.6.1.6: 136.6mm SL.
- Lectotype designated by Vreven et al., 2016
Paralectotypes: ANSP 37905 (1); BMNH 1911.6.1.7–10 (4); NMW 48865 (1); ZMB 18211 (1).

Type locality: Lucala River at Lucala, Angola.

Etymology: name given in acknowledgement of George Boulenger’s extensive work on Angolan large Barbus and Varicorhinus, both now Labeobarbus.

Boulenger, G.A. 1910. On a large collection of fishes made by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in the Quanza and Bengo rivers, Angola. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 8) 6(36): 537–561.BHL Reference page.
Vreven, E.J.W.M.N., Musschoot, T., Snoeks, J. & Schliewen, U.K. 2016. The African hexaploid Torini (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae): review of a tumultuous history. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12366 Reference page.

Labeobarbus boulengeri in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Labeobarbus boulengeri in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.