Barbatula gibba

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidei

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: Cobitoidei

Familia: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Barbatula
Species: Barbatula gibba

Name

Barbatula gibba Cao, Causse & Zhang, 2012

• Holotype: IHB 76X2566.
• Paratypes: IHB 76X2552–4, 76X2558–9, 76X2562, 76X2564, 76X2567–8, 76X2574, 76X2576, 76X2584–5 (13).

Type locality: Dali-Nur Lake in Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia. [1]

Etymology: The specific epithet is made from the Latin words gibbus (= humped), referring to the greatly convex predorsal profile of the body.

References

• Cao, L.; Causse, R.; Zhang, E. 2012: Revision of the loach species Barbatula nuda (Bleeker 1865) (Pisces: Balitoridae) from North China, with a description of a new species from Inner Mongolia. Zootaxa 3586: 236–248. Preview PDF Reference page.