Il barbo microcefalo, Luciobarbus microcephalus (Almaça 1966)

Nomi comuni esteri - Spagnolo - Barbo cabecicorto. Portoghese - Barbo de cabeça pequena. Inglese - Small-head barbel. Repubblica Ceca - Parma drobnohlavá.

Luciobarbus microcephalus (Almaça, 1966). Study of the Portuguese populations of the genus "Barbus" Cuvier, 1817 (Pisces, Cyprinidae). Rev. Fac. Cienc. Univ. Lisb. Ser. C Cienc. Nat. 151-400 (n° 2) 321 Pls. 15-16. Sinonimo senior, nuova combinazione, nomenclatura ICZN non ancora convalidata.

Barbus microcephalus Almaça, 1966. Study of the Portuguese populations of the genus "Barbus" Cuvier, 1817 (Pisces, Cyprinidae). Rev. Fac. Cienc. Univ. Lisb. Ser. C Cienc. Nat. 151-400 (n° 2) 321 Pls. 15-16. Sinonimo senior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN ritenuta valida. Opinioni - Nomenclatura valida come Messinobarbus microcephalus (Almaça 1967), per Bianco 1998:134. Nomenclatura valida come Barbus microcephalus Almaça 1967, secondo Kottelat 1997:49, Miranda & Escala 2000:197, Bianco & Ketmaier 2001:197, Almaça in Banarescu & Bogutskaya 2003:287. Nomenclatura valida come Luciobarbus microcephalus (Almaça, 1966), secondo Kottelat & Freyhof 2007. Località tipo: Fiume Guadiana, circa a 4 km da Moura, e Río Ardila, Portogallo. Tipo: olotipo al Museu Bocage, Lisbona, Portogallo. Sintipi: fiume Guadiana (20) e fiume Ardila (30).

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lorencio C. G. & L. Encina. 1988. Nueva citas de "Barbus microcephalus Almaça, 1988 (Pisces, Cyprinidae) en España. Doñana, Acta Vertebrata, 15 (1): 154 -156.