Il barbo del lago di Prespa, Barbus prespensis Karaman, 1924

Nomi comuni esteri - Inglese - Prespa barbel. Greco -  Briána, Mpriana. Albanese - Mrene e prespes. Repubblica Ceca - Parmicka prespanská.

Barbus prespensis Karaman, 1924. Pisces Macedoniae. Pisces Macedoniae 1-90; 32. Sinonimo senior, cambio di grado, nomenclatura ICZN valida.

Barbus graecus prespensis Karaman, 1924. Pisces Macedoniae. Pisces Macedoniae 1-90; 32. Sinonimo senior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - Sinonimo di Barbus plebeius Valenciennes 1842, per Lelek 1987:163 (descritto come plebejus). Sinonimo di Barbus cyclolepis Heckel 1837, secondo Bianco 1998:132. Nomenclatura valida come Barbus prespensis Karaman 1924, per Economidis 1995:207, Kottelat 1997:50, Kotlík et al. 2002:236, Economidis & Daoulas in Banarescu & Bogutskaya 2003:339. Località tipo: lago di Prespa, confine tra Repubblica di Macedonia, Albania e Grecia. Tipo: nessuno. Sintipi: attuale collocazione ignota.

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Bibliografia - Baillie, J. and B. Groombridge (eds.), 1996 1996 IUCN red list of threatened animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. 378 p.

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