Luciobarbus guercifensis

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: Barbinae
Genus: Luciobarbus
Species: Luciobarbus guercifensis

Name

Luciobarbus guercifensis Doadrio, Perea & Yahyaoui, 2016

• Holotype: MNCN 290835.
• Paratypes: MNCN 286595-96 (2), 290831 (1), 290832 (1), 290833-290834, 290836-290840 (7).

Type locality: Moulouya River, Moulouya Basin, Ghafoula, Mediterranean slope in Morocco (34.14534, -3.38847).

Etymology: The species name guercifensis was selected, as because the species is mainly distributed around the Guercif village in Morocco.

References

• Doadrio, I., Casal-López, M., Perea, S. & Yahyaoui, A. 2016. Taxonomy of rheophilic Luciobarbus Heckel, 1842 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from Morocco with the description of two new species. Graellsia, 72(1): e039. DOI: 10.3989/graellsia.2016.v72.153Reference page.