Messinobarbus

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Messinobarbus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Messinobarbus
Bianco, 1998
Type species
Barbus bocagei

Messinobarbus is a doubtful genus of the subfamily Barbinae within Cyprinidae.

It was erected by Pier Giorgio Bianco, who also described M. carottae in the same paper in 1998. [1]

Synonyms

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References

  1. Bianco, P.G. (1998). "Diversity of Barbinae fishes in southern Europe with description of a new genus and a new species (Cyprinidae)". Italian Journal of Zoology. 65 (1): 125–136. doi:10.1080/11250009809386804.