hospes, Barbus Barnard [K. H.] 1938:85 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11) v. 2 (no. 7); ref. 15990] Orange River, at Goodhouse, Namaqualand, Cape Province, South Africa. Syntypes: SAM 18726 [now at AMG] (150, in 3 bottles). •Valid as Barbus hospes Barnard 1938 -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:249 [ref. 6186], Skelton 1993:157 [ref. 24071], Skelton 2001:157 [ref. 27406]). •Valid as Pseudobarbus hospes (Barnard 1938) -- (Yang et al. 2015:112 [ref. 33694]). •Valid as Enteromius hospes (Barnard 1938) -- (Hayes & Armbruster 2017:352 [ref. 35417]). •Valid as Namaquacypris hospes (Barnard 1938) -- (Skelton et al. 2018:21 [ref. 35835]). Current status: Valid as Namaquacypris hospes (Barnard 1938). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Distribution: Lower Orange River basin, northwestern South Africa and Namibia. Habitat: freshwater.