Giant Atlas barbel
| Giant Atlas barbel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cyprininae |
| Genus: | Labeobarbus |
| Species: | †L. reinii
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| Binomial name | |
| †Labeobarbus reinii (
Günther , 1874) | |
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The giant Atlas barbel (Labeobarbus reinii) was a
It does seem to be fairly close to the core group around the typical
yellowfish (Labeobarbus), and either is a lineage of the former, or part of a distinct genus, or included in the latter (maybe together with the former).[3] Initially classified in the genus Barbus, it was transferred to the genus Labeobarbus in 2010.[4] The specific name honours the geographer, author and traveler Johannes Justus Rein (1835-1918), who, with Karl von Fritsch, collected the type[5] from the Tensift River in Morocco.[6]
It was
domestic waste) and unsustainable water extraction (particularly for irrigation agriculture) have caused it to suffer declines, and was last seen in 2001. It was reclassified as extinct by the IUCN in 2022.[1]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Labeobarbus reinii" in FishBase. February 2022 version.
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- ^ PMID 20152918.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (7 May 2022). "Order Cypriniformes (: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamilies Probarbinae and Torinae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Labeobarbus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
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