Messinobarbus

Messinobarbus
Scientific classification
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

• Messinobarbus albanicus, synonym of Luciobarbus albanicus
• Messinobarbus bocagei, synonym of Luciobarbus bocagei
• Messinobarbus carottae, synonym of Barbus carottae
• Messinobarbus comizo, synonym of Luciobarbus comizo
• Messinobarbus graellsii, synonym of Luciobarbus graellsii
• Messinobarbus guiraonis, synonym of Luciobarbus guiraonis
• Messinobarbus haasi, synonym of Barbus haasi
• Messinobarbus microcephalus, synonym of Luciobarbus microcephalus
• Messinobarbus sclateri, synonym of Luciobarbus sclateri

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.