Luciobarbus maghrebensis

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: Barbinae
Genus: Luciobarbus
Species: Luciobarbus maghrebensis

Name

Luciobarbus maghrebensis Doadrio, Perea & Yahyaoui, 2015

• Holotype: MNCN 279.718.
• Paratypes: Thirty-one specimens from the Ifrane River, Sebou Basin, Ouad Ifrane, Atlantic slope in Morocco, and Twenty-three specimens from Tizguit River, Sebou Basin, Ifrane, Atlantic slope in Morocco.

Type locality: Ifrane River, Sebou Basin, Ouad Ifrane, Atlantic slope in Morocco (33.296957, -5.492639).

Etymology: The species name “maghrebensis” has been selected because it is mainly distributed in the northwestern area of the Maghreb region.

Vernacular names

English: Maghreb Barbel

References

• Casal-Lopez, M., Perea, S., Yahyaoui, A. & Doadrio, I. 2015. Taxonomic review of the genus Luciobarbus Heckel, 1843 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from Northwestern Morocco with the description of three new species. Graellsia 71(2): e027. DOI: 10.3989/graellsia.2015.v71.135 Reference page.