Labeobarbus sandersi

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 sandersi

Name

Labeobarbus sandersi (oulenger, 1912)

• Lectotype: BMNH 1912.4.1.333.
  • Lectotype designated by Vreven et al., 2016
• Paralectotypes: BMNH 1912.4.1.334–336 (two instead of three), 1912.4.1.337 (1); MRAC 1525 (1), 1526 (1), 1527 (1); ZMB 18808 (1).

Type locality: Congo, N’Kutu [Ncuto] (4°57′S, 12°35′E), Loango River [Shiloango Basin, Cabinda, Angola].

Etymology: in honor of M.C. Sanders, who assisted explorer William John Ansorge (1850-1913) in the Congo expedition that collected many fishes, including type of this one. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Varicorhinus sandersi Boulenger 1912

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1912. Poissons recueillis dans la Région du Bas-Congo par M. le Dr W. J. Ansorge. Poissons, Batraciens et Reptiles. (Matériaux pour la Faune du Congo.). Annales du Musée du Congo Belge, Sér. C (Zoologie) (Sér. 1) 2(3): 1–27, Pls. 17-22. 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 sandersi in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Labeobarbus sandersi in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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