Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability
Online Version, Updated 2 April 2024

SEARCH RESULTS FROM

Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Select the database to search:
GENERA   SPECIES   REFERENCES
Include unavailable names

         Comments: ,

macracantha, Barbus holotaenia var. Pellegrin [J.] 1930:198 [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 55 (no. 3); ref. 16118] Ogowe River, La Passa, Gabon. Lectotype: MNHN 1929-0235 (86.0 mm SL). Paralectotypes: MNHN 1929-0235 (5 of 6), 1929-0236 (4). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1948:37 [ref. 19574]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Barbus macracanthus Bleeker 1854, replaced by Barbus prionacanthus Mahnert & Géry 1982. Lectotype selected by Mahnert & Géry 1982:483 [ref. 8448]. Species epithet should have been macracanthus due to masculine gender of genus Barbus. •Possibly a synonym of Barbus miolepis Boulenger 1902, subspecies rubrostigma Poll & Lambert 1964 -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:269 [ref. 6186]). •Valid as Enteromius prionacanthus (Mahnert & Géry 1982) -- (Yang et al. 2015:112 [ref. 33694]). •Synonym of Enteromius miolepis (Boulenger 1902) -- (Hayes & Armbruster 2017:353 [ref. 35417]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Enteromius prionacanthus (Mahnert & Géry 1982). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Habitat: freshwater.


CalAcademy Footer