Labeobarbus johnstonii

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis/Superclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Series: Otophysi Ordo: Cypriniformes Superfamilia: Cyprinoidea

Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Cyprininae
Tribus: Torini
Genus: Labeobarbus
Species: Labeobarbus johnstonii

Name

Labeobarbus johnstonii (Boulenger, 1907)

Holotype (unique): BMNH 1897.6.9.280.

Type locality: Between Kondowe and Karonga, Lake Malawi.

Etymology: in honor of Sir Harry Johnston (1858-1927), British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator, who “presented” type. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

Barbus johnstonii Boulenger, 1907
Barbus intermedius var. brevicauda Keilhack, 1908
- Labeobarbus brevicauda (Keilhack, 1908)
Barbus njassae Keilhack, 1908
Barbus globiceps Worthington, 1933
Varicorhinus nyasensis Worthington, 1933

References

Boulenger, G.A. 1907. Descriptions of three new fishes from Central Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 7) 20(120) (art. 67): 487–489.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 johnstonii in Catalog of Fishes,
Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2020. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Labeobarbus johnstonii in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2020. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2019.

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