Labeobarbus polylepis

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 polylepis

Name

Labeobarbus polylepis (Boulenger, 1907)

• Holotype (unique): BMNH 1907.3.15.3.

Type locality: Klein Olifant River, Transvaal [now Gauteng], South Africa.

Etymology: poly (= many); lepis (= scale), referring to small (and therefore more numerous) scales, 43 along lateral line. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Barbus polylepis Boulenger, 1907
• Barbus elephantis Boulenger, 1907
  • Labeobarbus elephantis (Boulenger, 1907)
• Barbus lineolatus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1913

Vernacular names

English: Smallscale Yellowfish

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1907. On a small collection of fishes made in the eastern watershed of the Transvaal by Capt. G. E. Bruce. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1907(2): 307–311, Pls. 18-19. 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 polylepis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Labeobarbus polylepis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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