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: Barbini
Genus: Luciobarbus
Species: Luciobarbus maghrebensis

Name

Luciobarbus maghrebensis Doadrio, Perea & Yahyaoui, 2015

  • Holotype: MNCN 279.718.
  • Paratypes: Thirty-one specimens from the Ifrane River, Sebou Basin, Ouad Ifrane, Atlantic slope in Morocco, and Twenty-three specimens from Tizguit River, Sebou Basin, Ifrane, Atlantic slope in Morocco.

Type locality: Ifrane River, Sebou Basin, Ouad Ifrane, Atlantic slope in Morocco (33.296957, -5.492639).

Etymology: The species name “maghrebensis” has been selected because it is mainly distributed in the northwestern area of the Maghreb region.

Vernacular names

English: Maghreb Barbel

References

  • Casal-Lopez, M., Perea, S., Yahyaoui, A. & Doadrio, I., 2015: Taxonomic review of the genus Luciobarbus Heckel, 1843 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from Northwestern Morocco with the description of three new species. Graellsia, 71 (2): e027. DOI: 10.3989/graellsia.2015.v71.135 Reference page. 
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