Laubuka latens

Taxonavigation

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: 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.

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