Labeobarbus microbarbis

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 microbarbis

Name

Labeobarbus microbarbis (David & Poll, 1937)

Status: hybrids of Labeobarbus ruasae x Labeobarbus ruandae

• Holotype: MRAC 41847.
• Paratypes: MRAC 41848-49 (2) (but later re-identified as belonging to Labeobarbus ruandae).

Type locality: Lake Luhondo, Rwanda, 1°30'S, 29°45'E.

Etymology: micro- (= small); barbis (= barbel), referring to pair of rudimentary barbels that appear to exist only on adults. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Barbus microbarbis David & Poll, 1937

References

• David, L. & Poll, M.F.L. 1937. Contribution à la faune ichthyologique du Congo Belge: Collections du Dr. H. Schouteden (1924–1926) et d'autres récolteurs. Annales du Musée du Congo Belge Sér. C (Zoologie) (Sér. 1) v. 3 (fasc. 5): 189–294, Pl. 12. 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. 

Links

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

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