surkis, Barbus Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1835:5, Pl. 1 (fig. 1) [Museum Senckenbergianum: Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der beschreibenden Naturgeschichte, von Mitgliedern der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main v. 2 (no. 1); ref. 3845] Entos (locality 17), Lake Tana, Ethiopia (11°39'N, 37°22'E). Neotype: RMNH 32980. Unique holotype not found, neotype designated by Nagelkerke & Sibbing 1997:140 [ref. 23829]. •Synonym of Barbus intermedius Rüppell 1835 -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:251 [ref. 6186]). •Valid as Barbus surkis Rüppell 1835 -- (Mina et al. 1996:387 [ref. 38254], Nagelkerke & Sibbing 1997:140 [ref. 23829], Nagelkerke & Sibbing 1998:5 [ref. 23807], Nagelkerke & Sibbing 2000:204 [ref. 24546]). •Valid as Labeobarbus surkis (Rüppell 1835) -- (de Graaf et al. 2010:342 [ref. 34085], Nagelkerke et al. 2015:1198 [ref. 34084], Vreven et al. 2016:70 [ref. 34168], Beshera et al. 2016:377 [ref. 34343], Beshera et al. 2023:190 [ref. 40418]). Current status: Valid as Labeobarbus surkis (Rüppell 1835). Cyprinidae: Torinae. Distribution: East Africa: Lake Tana and Didessa River (Ethiopia). Habitat: freshwater.