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Species related to Enteromius litamba: [ 2 ] records


rhoadesii, Barbus Boulenger [G. A.] 1908:238 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 2 (no. 9); ref. 575] Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa. Syntypes: BMNH 1908.10.27.12-17 (6). •Synonym of Barbus litamba Keilhack 1908 -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:261 [ref. 6186]). •Synonym of Labeobarbus litamba (Keilhack 1908) based on placement of litamba. •Synonym of Enteromius litamba (Keilhack 1908). Current status: Synonym of Enteromius litamba (Keilhack 1908). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

litamba, Barbus Keilhack [L.] 1908:164 [Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1908 (no. 7); ref. 14324] North end of Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa. Holotype (unique): ZMB 18162. Also appeared as new in Keilhack 1910:99, Pl. 2, fig. 2 [ref. 32109]. •Valid as Barbus litamba Keilhack 1908 -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:261 [ref. 6186]). •Valid as Labeobarbus litamba (Keilhack 1908) -- (Snoeks 2004:21 [ref. 28111]). •Valid as Enteromius litamba (Keilhack 1908) -- (Vreven et al. 2016:21 [ref. 34168], Hayes & Armbruster 2017:353 [ref. 35417]). Current status: Valid as Enteromius litamba (Keilhack 1908). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Distribution: Southern Africa: Lake Malawi. IUCN (2019): Data deficient. Habitat: freshwater.


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