Labeobarbus microterolepis

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 microterolepis

Name

Labeobarbus microterolepis (Boulenger, 1902)

Status: hybrids of Labeobarbus ethiopicus x Labeobarbus intermedius

• Holotype (unique): BMNH 1902.12.13.220.

Type locality: Maki River at Buggali, flowing towards Lake Swai from eastern slope of Adami Mts., Addia country, Ethiopia, elevation about 4000 feet.

Etymology: micro- (= small); tero (= perhaps ptero, fin); lepis (= scale), referring to having smallest scales in B. bynni species group, and possibly referring to small pectoral fins as well, although Boulenger does not explicitly mention this feature. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Barbus microterolepis Boulenger, 1902
  • Enteromius microterolepis (Boulenger, 1902)

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1902. Descriptions of new fishes from the collection made by Mr. E. Degen in Abyssinia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 7) 10(60) (art. 59): 421–439.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. 

Links

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

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