Labeobarbus johnstonii

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 johnstonii

Name

Labeobarbus johnstonii (Boulenger, 1907)

• Holotype (unique): BMNH 1897.6.9.280.

Type locality: Between Kondowe and Karonga, Lake Malawi.

Etymology: in honor of Sir Harry Johnston (1858-1927), British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator, who “presented” type. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Barbus johnstonii Boulenger, 1907
• Barbus intermedius var. brevicauda Keilhack, 1908
  • Labeobarbus brevicauda (Keilhack, 1908)
• Barbus njassae Keilhack, 1908
• Barbus globiceps Worthington, 1933
• Varicorhinus nyasensis Worthington, 1933

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1907. Descriptions of three new fishes from Central Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 7) 20(120) (art. 67): 487–489.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 johnstonii in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Labeobarbus johnstonii in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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