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         Comments: Richard van der Laan, Ron Fricke

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Species in the genus Prolabeops: [ 3 ] records


cameroonensis, Prolabeops Schultz [L. P.] 1941:87, Pl. 13; Fig. (p. 87) [Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club v. 18; ref. 3954] Cameroon, western Africa. Holotype: MCZ 35368. Paratypes: MCZ 35369 (1), USNM 119204 (1). •Synonym of Prolabeops melanhypoptera [sic] (Pellegrin 1928) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:331 [ref. 6186]). Current status: Synonym of Prolabeops melanhypopterus (Pellegrin 1928). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

melanhypopterus, Barbus Pellegrin [J.] 1928:314 [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 53 (no. 5); ref. 15869] Lake Monoun, Mbam River, Sanaga River system, Cameroon. Lectotype: MNHN 1928-0065. Paralectotypes: MNHN 1928-0066 to 0068 (1, 1, 7). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1948:37 [ref. 19574]. Bertin & Estève 1948:37 [ref. 19574] list a holotype (now lectotype?). •Valid as Prolabeops melanhypopterus (Pellegrin 1928) -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:331 [ref. 6186] as melanhypoptera, Poll & Gosse 1995:165 [ref. 24781], Schedel et al. 2022:[3] [ref. 39604]). Current status: Valid as Prolabeops melanhypopterus (Pellegrin 1928). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Distribution: Western-central Africa: southern Cameroon endemic. Habitat: freshwater.

nyongensis, Prolabeops Daget [J.] 1984:183, Fig. 4 [Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Série 4: Section A: Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie Animales v. 6 (no. 1); ref. 8233] Nyong River, Mbalmayo, Cameroon. Holotype: MNHN 1982-1071. Paratypes: MNHN 1982-1072 (2). •Valid as Prolabeops nyongensis Daget 1984 -- (De Weirdt et al. 2007:531 [ref. 30024], Schedel et al. 2022:[3] [ref. 39604]). Current status: Valid as Prolabeops nyongensis Daget 1984. Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Distribution: Western-central Africa: southern Cameroon. Habitat: freshwater.


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