Barbus caninus

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: Cyprininae
Tribus: Barbini
Genus: Barbus
Species: Barbus caninus

Name

Barbus caninus Bonaparte, 1839

Type locality: Piemonte, Po River basin, Italy.

Etymology: Latin caninus (= dog), from Barb canin, local name for this barb in Piedmont region of Italy.

English: Brook Barbel
italiano: Barb canin

Bianco, P.G. 1995. A revision of the Italian Barbus species (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 6(4): 305–324. Reference page.
Bonaparte, C.L. 1839. Iconografia della fauna italica per le quattro classi degli animali vertebrati. Tomo III. Pesci. Roma. Fasc. 24–26, puntata 121–135, 8 pls. Reference page.
Geiger, M.F., Schreiner, C., Delmastro, G.B. & Herder, F. 2016. Combining geometric morphometrics with molecular genetics to investigate a putative hybrid complex: a case study with barbels Barbus spp. (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Journal of Fish Biology, Article first published online: 25 JAN 2016.DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12871 Reference page.

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

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