Labeobarbus urotaenia

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 urotaenia

Name

Labeobarbus urotaenia (Boulenger, 1913)

• Syntypes: BMNH 1912.12.6.5 (1); MRAC 1791-1792 (2).

Type locality: Dungu, upper Uelé River, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Etymology: oura- (= tail); taeniata (= banded), referring to poorly defined lateral brown band that extends onto lower lobe of caudal fin. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Barbus urotaenia Boulenger, 1913
  • Enteromius urotaenia (Boulenger, 1913)

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1913. Sur une petite collection de poissons recueillis dans l'Uelé par la mission dirigée par M. Hutereau. Revue de Zoologie Africaine, 2(2): 155–161.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 urotaenia in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Labeobarbus urotaenia in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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