Luciobarbus zayanensis

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 zayanensis

Name

Luciobarbus zayanensis Doadrio, Casal-López & Yahyaoui, 2016

• Holotype: MNCN 279706.
• Paratypes: MNCN 55094 (1), 208115-208116 (2), 54987-55000 (14), 208168-208169, 71972-71978 (9), 279704-279705 (2), 279707, 280083, 279695-279696 (2).

Type locality: Chbouka River, Oum er Rbia Basin, El Herri (Elhri), Atlantic slope in Morocco (32.859510, -5.621355).

Etymology: The species name zayanensis has been selected because it is mainly distributed around Middle Atlas region, in the area inhabited by the Zayanes shepherds.

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.