Laubuka latens

Taxonavigation

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: Danionidae
Subfamilia: Danioninae
Genus: Laubuka
Species: Laubuka latens

Name

Laubuka latens Knight, 2015

• Holotype: ZSI/SRC F.8904.
• Paratypes: ZSI/SRC F.8905 (3); MKC 414 (4).

Type locality: 12°22'46"N, 76°47'24"E, channel, 200 m downstream of branching from the main river, Cauvery River at Gandehosahalli, Karnataka, India.

Etymology: derived from Latin latens (= hidden), an allusion to the identity of the species being hidden, as it was overlooked in earlier ichthyofaunal surveys owing to it having been confused with Laubuka laubuca.

References

• Knight, J.D.M. 2015. Description of two new species of Laubuka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from River Cauvery, southern Iandia [sic!]. Zootaxa 4000(5): 518–530. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.5.2 Preview (PDF). Reference page.