Afronemacheilus abyssinicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidei

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: Cobitoidei

Familia: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Afronemacheilus
Species: Afronemacheilus abyssinicus

Name

Afronemacheilus abyssinicus (Boulenger, 1902)

• Holotype (unique): BMNH 1902.12.13.435.

Type localitiy: Ethiopia, Bahardar, Lake Tsana.

Synonyms

• Nemachilus abyssinicus Boulenger, 1902

References

• Boulenger, G. A.; 1902: Descriptions of new fishes from the collection made by Mr. E. Degen in Abyssinia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 7) 10 (60) (art. 59): 421–439.
• Prokofiev, A. M.; 2009: Problems of the classification and phylogeny of Nemacheiline loaches of the group lacking the preethmoid I (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae: Nemacheilinae). Journal of Ichthyology, 49 (10): 874–898.
• Prokofiev, A. M. & Golubtsov, A. S.; 2013: Revision of the loach genus Afronemacheilus (Teleostei: Balitoridae: Nemacheilinae) with description of a new species from the Omo-Turkana basin, Ethiopia. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (1): 1–14.