Il barbo dell'Aral, Luciobarbus brachycephalus (Kessler, 1872)

Nomi comuni esteri - Inglese - Shorthead barbel, Aral barbel, Turkestan barbel. Svedese - Aralbarb. Russo - Aral'skii usach, Aral'skiy usach, Kaspiiskii usatsch, Kayaz, Sugön. Polacco - Brzana aralska. Repubblica Ceca - Parma aralská, Parma krátkohlavá.

Luciobarbus brachycephalus Kessler, 1872. Izv. Imp. Obsh. Lyub. Estestv. Antro. Etno. v. 10 (n° 1) 52 [8] Pl. 7 (fig. 9-11). Sinonimo senior, nuova combinazione, nomenclatura ICZN valida.

Barbus brachycephalus Kessler, 1872. Ichthyological Fauna of Turkestan. Izv. Imp. Obsh. Lyub. Estestv. Antro. Etno. 47-76; v. 10 (n° 1) 52 [8] Pl. 7 (fig. 9-11). Sinonimo senior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - Nomenclatura valida come Barbus brachycephalus Kessler 1872, secondo Berg 1949:702, Coad 1995:11, Coad 1981:9, Coad 1996:84, Reshetnikov et al. 1997:735, Bogutskaya 1998:88, Coad 1998:102, Bogutskaya et al. 2001:44, Ryabov 2002:794, Bogutskaya in Banarescu & Bogutskaya 2003:113. Nomenclatura valida come Luciobarbus brachycephalus (Kessler 1872), per Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:49. Catalogo: Svetovidova 1978:261. Località tipo: fiume Syr-Darya, Asia centrale. Tipo: nessuno. Sintipi: NMW 53971-73 (1, 2, 1); ZIN 5759 (1, non trovato nel 2000), 5878 (1, non trovato nel 1996 e 2000).

Barbus brachycephalus brachycephalus Kessler, 1872. Izv. Imp. Obsh. Lyub. Estestv. Antro. Etno. v. 10 (n° 1) 52 [8] Pl. 7 (fig. 9-11). Sinonimo senior, cambio di grado, nomenclatura ICZN non valida.

Barbus obtusirostris Yakovlev, 1870. On the new and little-known species of fish found in the mouths of the Volga. Protocol Zased. Obsh. Estes. Kazan. Univ. 101-111; 102 [2]. Omonimo, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Oggettivamente non valida, occupata precedentemente da "Barbus obtusirostris" Valenciennes 1842. Opinioni - Sinonimo di Barbus brachycephalus Kessler 1872, secondo Coad 1995:11. Località tipo: delta del fiume Volga, Russia. Tipo: nessuno. Sintipi: collocazione attuale ignota.

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